Lead Software Engineer at GVA Partners

Job Overview

• Manage team of software engineers.
• Oversee the development and implementation of new software systems.
• Update existing software and conduct feasibility studies on new software systems.
• Guide application coding, create reports, and mentor the junior developers.
• In-depth knowledge of programming languages and working knowledge of project management.
• Ensure timely delivery of projects.
• Review and update software development standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Meeting with project stakeholders to discuss software projects.
• Effectively manage a development team.
• Conducting feasibility studies for software systems.
• Designing new software programs, websites, and applications.
• Assigning tasks to junior developers such as coding, testing, debugging, and analytics.
• Writing advanced programming code.
• Reviewing updated software codes.
• Ensure that development standards, policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Drive change to implement efficient and effective strategies as advised by management.
• Assist program managers in product development.
• Ensure that all software developed within your team satisfies the business requirements as specified.
• Effective management of project timelines.
• Writing development reports.
• Creating technical documents for new software programs.
• Training staff on software use.
• Working on complex bug fixes.

Qualifications & Experience
Mandatory:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline.
• 8 - 10 years of relevant software design and development experience.
• Prior product development experience.
• Experience with software architecture principles, requirements and interfaces, and software systems engineering experience.
• Has executed several software projects.

Desirable:

• Master's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline.
• Up to 10 years of professional programming experience.
• Relevant professional certifications.
• Managerial experience preferred.

Skills / Competencies:

• Proficient in business critical and mission critical software development.
• Knowledge of automated testing.
• Advanced knowledge of software development tools, such as Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL server management studio e.t.c.
• Knowledge of source code control tools.
• Knowledge of code review using PR (Pull Request).
• Experience with cloud technologies, such as Azure and AWS.
• Good knowledge in big data technologies such as, Hadoop, Hive, and Pig, Cloudera, or large data warehousing initiatives.
• Knowledge in building cloud-native applications using Docker and/or Kubernetes.
• Advanced knowledge of programming languages including JavaScript, HTML5, C#, Java, SQL, and PHP.
• Knowledge of system frameworks including .NET, Git, AngluarJS, and GitHub.
• Experience creating and maintaining databases.
• Knowledge of Scrum/Agile or Kanban software development processes.
• Experience with systems deployed on Unix/Linux/Solaris environments.
• Provide overall team guidance and fix all escalations.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, collaborative environment.
• Experience with software architecture principles, requirements and interfaces, and software systems engineering experience.
• Experience in Devops practices such as, Containerization and GitOps.
• Project management skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Experience with software architecture principles, requirements and interfaces, and software systems engineering experience.