Technology Team Lead at Prodigy Finance

Job description

Why this is an amazing opportunity

 

This role is perfect for an experienced Software Engineer who wants to supercharge their career by experiencing first-hand what it is like to be part of an energetic, extremely fast growing company.

 

 

The sense of impact and reward will be huge. You will help to build a product which makes a very real difference in the world. Be a part of delivering socially responsible financial services to the masses; make it possible for students from more than 100 countries to obtain the finance to fulfil their dream of studying at the world’s top universities and schools.

 

We are an agile, non-hierarchical team; this means that you are going to get exposure to all aspects of our business immediately. You’ll gain as much accountability as you can handle and have an influence on scaling the company.

 

 

Our team is very international and very sociable; you will interact with the broader business on a regular basis. The position will be based in Cape Town.

 

 

One of our goals is to build one of the top FinTech teams and cultures anywhere in the world. This means putting a lot of time into ensuring we only hire people with exceptional potential, and creating the best working environment possible. If you want to work somewhere where you're learning from some of the best brains in Fintech, this would be a good fit.

 

Why join Prodigy Finance

• Be a part of a pioneering global growth company.

• Experience the excitement and learn from being part of an incredibly fast-growing young company. No kidding – exponential growth. Happening right now!

• Be pivotal in scaling the business by identifying smart solutions and partners with tech at the heart of it.

• Enjoy the agility and flexibility offered by a startup culture. A sociable, relaxed and friendly work environment (with a serious coffee culture where you can wear shorts to work).

• We will help you make your mark. Make a real impact on the business and experience a steep learning curve with huge opportunities to grow and develop.

• Gain an inside perspective on the functioning of a venture-backed FinTech startup, backed by one of the top European VCs, learn day-to-day management and build functional expertise.

• Build a platform that helps to make a very real difference in the world.

• Receive a competitive salary and share options in the company. Since you will be playing a key role in making us successful, it is only right that you share in the rewards of our success.

What you will do in the role

 

As a Technology Team Lead you will be balancing your role as a senior engineer on an Agile development team and line managing team members within a culture of servant leadership.

Specific responsibilities are to:

• Adopt an influential role guiding other functions on implementation, scale, learning and delivering software
• Lead, coach and mentor other team members, as well as perform cross-training and facilitate information sharing among team members
• Line management of team members and performance reviews
• Assist with development of functional designs and resolve complex design issues.
• Encourage and facilitate the establishment of new software development, testing and documentation standards

• Resolve or assist with escalated software application issues as needed

• Lead and coordinate activities to develop and execute plans to mitigate occurrence and reoccurrence of production issues

• Oversee and contribute to the documentation of production support processes

• Facilitate root cause analysis within the team to identify resolutions to software or business process issues.

• Own and champion engineering and operational excellence  

• Set clear, measurable quality goals in a data-driven way
• Interface with a diverse stakeholder base - business leaders, product development counterparts and partner technology organizations

What you need to be great at

•  A forward-thinking approach to dealing with current and emerging bottlenecks
• You’re always researching ways to educate the engineering team in new methods and techniques
• You recognize and develop talent, and you have the ability to optimize the engineering team for effectiveness and productivity
• You value skills development. You’re a great mentor and teacher that exhibits patience and thoughtfulness in understanding the needs of others and helping them to achieve their goals
• You foster a culture of continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics

Who we are looking for; track record must haves

• 7+ years of full stack web development using object-oriented programming languages and MVC frameworks
• Desire and willingness to work in an agile, collaborative, innovative, flexible and team-oriented 
• Strong foundation on modern DevOps culture
• Microservice application development experience
• Extensive development experience with one or more scripting languages
• Full stack infrastructure knowledge from front-end to back-end
• Experience with building and operating scalable services and platforms
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to mentor and coach fellow team members

Experience that would be nice to have (but we’ll trade off if everything else fits)

• Experience working within an agile environment using test-driven development (TDD)
• Solid DevOps skills including monitoring, testing, automation and integration
• Experience in orchestration tools (Ansible, Chef, Docker, Terraform, Jenkins)
• A track record leading a high performant team as a line manager

The Prodigy Finance fit; attributes which run true in everyone at Team Prodigy

To be an A player at Prodigy Finance, you need to possess – in spades - the following attributes:

Innovative + Smart

Be curious enough to want to know more, think out the box, maybe even break the box, show initiative and be smart about it to find implementable, impactful solutions.

International + Accountable

Push yourself to be better every day. Work with others across the world, be resilient, add value and then hold yourself accountable. Encourage and celebrate each other.

Energetic + Fun

Sense of humour = survival. Bring energy and fun. Wear your heart on your sleeve. Work hard and find the time to play. We’re in this together.