Technical Lead at CHEP

Position Purpose

• Define, design, and implement major parts of the software architecture for the IT team in tight collaboration with product management and engineering team members, keeping close contact with CHEP business teams working on IT Supply Chain Solutions.
• The work performed is on all levels of detail from the review of individual code elements to data model and component design to module integration scenarios, with the intent to build a valuable application that is embedded in the fabric of business applications run by Brambles.

Scope

Number of Countries:         Global

Major/Key Accountabilities

• Develop future-proof technical designs for complex enterprise software
• Give technical guidance for specific software development projects while keeping the big picture across projects in mind.
• Establish technical priorities and strategies consistent with business goals and economic viability.
• Research options and propose software designs that solve immediate needs of the organization while including new and emerging technologies and anticipating future changes.
• Successfully delivery of detailed technical designs across multiple integrated technologies and platforms, in accordance with stage gates, milestones, and business objectives: This includes conceptual work, reviews, trouble-shooting, and coding.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications

• At least a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Beyond this baseline, software development experience and proven success is more important than formal education.

Desirable Qualifications

• Substantial software development and design expertise with large and complex systems, ideally in enterprise software and specifically around supply chain management.

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in software development – or proven, exceptional software design contributions in previous positions
• Must have acquired deep understanding combined with practical real-world experience in different software technologies
• Hands-on expertise in multiple programming languages such as SQL, JavaScript, Java, Go, and/or Python, ideally across the software stack with Web user interfaces, algorithm development, relational data models and different types of data management technologies
• Must have worked on applications that were deployed to customers and helped these go live
• Experience technically directing a group of software developers to meet a common goal with successful outcome

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent understanding of enterprise applications, cloud computing, large data analytics, and user interface technologies
• Knowledge of Supply Chain and Logistics applications
• Proven technical leadership in multiple complex software projects
• Expertise in analyzing and designing for performance of large-scale software systems
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex technical concepts into understandable terms to different teams in the organization including non-technical product managers
• Thorough understanding of technology trends in Enterprise software and beyond, and the ability to analyze the potential impact or benefit for the software projects of the IT team
• Proven ability in coaching and mentoring others
• Understanding of EDI and API concepts
• Mobile Application development
• Event-based middleware
• AWS and Azure cloud