Software Technical Lead at Octotel

Where will the successful candidate fit in?

• We are on the hunt for a Technical Lead to join our Rockstar Software Development team. By providing technical and strategic support, the Technical Lead will play a critical role in the Software Development Life Cycle and outputs for major directives.

Our Tech Stack

• Proficiency or interest in these platforms are welcome.
• PHP | Python | Ruby | Go | Django | Flask | RabbitMQ | VMware | EC2 | Lamda | Apache Mesos | React | Bootstrap | Foundation | Kubernetes | Docker | Swagger | MVC | Debian | Vagrant | Chef | Ansible | Git | Jira | Confluence | MySQL | GIS | GeoDjango | REST | Mobile App Development | Wordpress | Apache | Ngnix | HAProxy | Varnish

​Job Duties

• Construct and support code across a wide array of projects
• You will need some involvement (consulting) in almost all major directives.
• Coordinate technical requirements between DevOps and 3rd Parties.
• Provide support and strategic vision for technical development of systems.
• Work closely with the product manager & solutions architect to develop technical designs.
• Take a key role in the design and implementation of the development life cycle.
• Analyze, code, review, implement and update existing systems.
• Develop solutions for the company's current technology needs.
• Assist developers in the removal of technical blockers and impediments.
• Coaching/Mentoring of team members
• Maintain technical documentation.
• Define and maintain development standards.
• Ensure system architecture maintains an acceptable security standard.
• Any other reasonable tasks within the Development team

Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years as a Software Developer
• At least 2 of those years as a Software Technical Lead, or in a similar capacity.
• Proficient in modern programming languages with a focus on Python and PHP
• Proven ability to lead a Development Team with success.
• Full software development life-cycle experience
• A relatively grounded understanding of Automated Testing platforms, such as unit testing and behavior-driven development
• Some knowledge of continuous integration or automated deployment, orchestration on the cloud with containerizations
• A well-grounded knowledge of source control. Extra brownie points for GIT and GITflow
• A grounded understanding of OOP, MVC, DDD, and other software development patterns
• A solid foundation or sufficient exposure in working with MVC frameworks such as Rails, Cake, code-ignitor, Zend, Django
• Experience in agile or other development methodologies
• A grounded understanding of SOA (Micro Services) and Rest API
• Grounded Experience in working with & building REST API’s
• Experience with large scale business-grade software and heavily integrated systems
• Articulate with Good interpersonal relationship skills
• Ability to work with a diverse array of people with different values and concerns
• Ability to work under pressure
• An ability to acclimate to new systems quickly, and easily transition between problems

Benefits

• Medical Aid (Discovery)
• Reduced Gap Cover Rates (Turnberry Premier)
• Medical Insurance (Momentum - Health4Me)
• Discounted Internet Connectivity
• Free Employee Wellness Programme (Lyra)
• Team Buildings
• Exposure to latest industry technologies and standards
• Lastly, a work environment that rivals the very best!