Software Development Technical Lead - Umhlanga, South Africa - BET Software

BET Software

Verified Company

Umhlanga, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

We Want You:

We are looking for a Technical Lead who will take ownership and engage regularly with software architects in order to ensure the development within the Team is according to architectural guidelines.

You Bring:

A minimum of 7 years' experience within a development environment.
3 6 years Database experience.
5 8 years serverside language.
Demonstrated leadership skills.
Detailed knowledge of the SDLC and management of software projects.
Excellent communication, motivational and interpersonal skills.
Strong attention to detail.

What You'll Do:

Provide technical leadership to the team through collaboration sessions and knowledge sharing initiatives.
Engage regularly with software architects in order to ensure the development within the team is according to architectural guidelines.
Ensure checked in code is reviewed to ensure standards are met and the code base is sound.
Ensure that all technical solutions that are rolled out consider compatibility with other environments and dependencies; have a high usability factor; are reliable to reduce down time and perform at maximum efficiency during peak periods of usage; consider security at its highest level (third party attacks; data protection etc).
Drive the adoption of processes within the team which consider and meet the expectations of technical throughput rates and responses; processing times; effective resource utilization during operation and where the system or solution ensures maximum operational capacity requirements are met.
Ensure rigorous testing of any solution before deployment and create standards and processes within the team to align to these.
Ensure the delivery of a complete and technically appropriate solution which covers all the agreed specified tasks and user objectives and has been tested thoroughly.
Ensure relevant documentation is provided to support teams to reduce development support load.
Where possible work to develop and implement a quality mechanism for the solution to analyse its own faults and provide reports prior to a critical failure.
Develop the solution in a manner which supports modification for future developers thereby reducing the numbers of defects or negatively affecting system quality.
Implement improved processes that have a positive effect on the team's performance and company bottom line.
Technical problems and opportunities are anticipated and dealt with immediately considering any technical dependencies.
Take an active involvement in problem resolution and where necessary works after hours to ensure that problems are resolved.
Shows foresight to prevent errors or delays in projects.
Demonstrate initiative by understanding, acquiring and implementing new knowledge and skills both within team and to the wider group.
Incorporates the new abilities into the day to day operational activities to improve performance of products and systems.
Ensure techniques, technologies, tools and processes used are in line with industry best practices.

The Company We Keep:

At BET Software, we don't just recruit talent, we cultivate it.

Our learning and development programmes, our various opportunities for growth, and our well-deserved incentives are what keep our All-Star Team the best amongst the rest.