Technical Specialist II

How you will make an impact:

• Be the technology lead for the team, take ownership of the high-quality deliverables and be accountable.
• Be responsible for the logical and physical development of applications based on agreed user requirements and architecture.
• Work closely with architects and BAs (Business Analysts) to design and architect application/platform.
• Work with non-technical business colleagues to understand the functionality, composition, and user requirements.
• Be responsible of maintaining the quality of the code and following engineering best practices.
• Drive/participate in PI planning and be an Agile advocate.
• Be responsible for maintaining the health of production system and attend to any production incidents providing quick fixes/workarounds.
• Identify system vulnerabilities/tech debts and assist prioritize them for the team.
• Be the people manager for your team and work with stakeholders on hiring requirements.
• Conduct performance appraisals and provide guidance and mentoring the team members.
• Helping with interviews and the hiring process of new team members.

What we look for:

• BSc in Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum of 8 years' experience in software development including 2-3 years as a lead. Ability to manage the team and deliveries independently.
• Good people management, grooming/mentoring skills
• Solid experience in developing applications using Java, Spring Boot, and SQL/NoSQL databases such as MySQL and Mongo DB.
• Proven history with software and system architecture, microservices architecture and AWS cloud technologies, caching technologies.
• Ability to guide/mentor junior developers while working with leads and architects on designing applications.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including making presentations to varied teams and stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of Quality Engineering principles and practices will be an added advantage.
• Proven experience with CI/CD build/deploy pipelines, and modern DevOps practices like Git-Ops.
• Strong understanding of technology methodologies including Agile (SCRUM), continuous integration/continuous development and automation.
• Familiarity with JIRA and writing user stories.