Team Lead Software Developer at First Bank

Job Description

• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.  
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship  
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.  
• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
• Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain w business applications
• Assist in the collection and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans.
• Prepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation, and maintenance of software.
• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards.
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code
• Package and support deployment of releases.
• Work with teammates in the migration of legacy applications to current technologies.
• Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.
• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems.
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on time and on-budget. Provide third-level support to business users
• Research and evaluate a variety of software products.
• Develop new user-facing features
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back end
• Provides level 3 support for production applications
• Maintain confidentiality of all Information entrusted while delivering projects.
• Comply with the principles and policies in the Information Security Handbook.
• Performs other functions as may be required for the business to achieve its strategic objectives.

Job Requirements
Education:

• Minimum of a First Degree or its equivalent in Computing or related disciplines
• Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage.

Experience:

• 5+ years’ experience as a Software Developer  
• Prior experience in a technical leadership position
• Attention to detail and can-do attitude
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong analytical skills
• Structured and methodical approach to problem solving
• Self-motivated, a team player, and exhibit a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrate analytical, interpretative and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.