Development Manager (Western Cape) at Flash Group

Description
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Managing progress and sprint planning across teams
• Leading and managing the Software Development and IT teams to deliver software and infrastructure
• Collaborating with the appropriate functions and users to evaluate and identify technology platforms for delivering the company’s products and internal services
• Driving consistent standards and approaches throughout the development teams
• Working with system architects to evolve and improve mobile applications and mobile gateway APIs
• Working closely with Solutions Architects, Team Leads and Technical Integrations team to deliver on business requirements
• Providing work estimates based on analyzed business and technical requirements
• Working closely with QA to identify development and production issues
• Responsible for ensuring work is unit/integration tested and documented Leadership & Management:
• Leading and mentoring development teams, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and fostering a collaborative, high-performing environment.
• Identifying and eliminate roadblocks to maintain team momentum and productivity
• Bridging technical efforts with a deep understanding of the broader organizational and ecosystem context.
• While overseeing multiple projects, actively contribute to ongoing functional work to maintain a balance of strategy and execution.
• Overseeing team capacity, project delivery timelines, and the recruitment process, ensuring the right resources are in place for sustainable success.
• Leading hiring efforts, strategically determining headcount and onboarding top talent to scale team capabilities.

Requirements
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Have a minimum of 10 years’ experience in software development 
• Have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a management role 
• Experience in leading and mentoring developers

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Frontend and or Backend Kotlin experience 
• RESTful web services
• Relational DBMS, MSSQL
• Microservices architecture and design

ADVANTAGEOUS 

• Swift frontend iOS
• Kotlin for Android Development 
• Kotlin/Java Spring Boot Backend  
• C# .Net Core
• MSSQL/Oracle
• OAuth 2.0 authentication
• Docker
• DevOps methodology including setting up CI/CD pipelines
• RabbitMQ
• Redis
• MQTT
• Azure Cloud Services 
• Experience working in Agile methodologies
• Experience using mobile tech stacks and other programming languages.

COMPETENCIES 

• Strong and proven leadership qualities
• Ability to communicate about technology in non-technical terms to colleagues and Clients.
• Experienced in staff management (including KPI and skill/growth management)
• Ability to work calmly and methodically when under pressure