Technical Lead (Remote) at Datafin Recruitment

DUTIES:

• Collaborate with the team to identify and fix technical issues, and to identify and earmark gaps in required skills in the team.
• Assist in the hiring and training of individual contributors.
• Form part of the Full Software Development Life Cycle and all its components with special emphasis on supervising system modifications.
• Assist in auditing internal teams (Best Practice, Standards, Security and Compliance).
• Guide the team through technical issues and challenges.
• Work with other Technical Leads on keeping systems up to date to minimise technical risk.
• Work with the team to set end-year goals.
• Be the first point of call for systems within their domain.
• Be transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes.
• Write progress reports and deliver presentations to the relevant stakeholders.
• Motivate staff and create an inclusive space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns.
• Analyse existing operations and schedule training sessions and meetings to discuss improvements.
• Keep up to date with industry trends and developments.
• Mentor other Engineers from Graduates to the Senior Engineers within the larger Engineering team.
• Work alongside the Engineering Managers and Product Managers in resourcing the team for work coming up on the roadmap.
• Work on keeping the team accountable with estimated deliverable.

REQUIREMENTS:

Qualifications –

• Preferably a BSc Computer Science/ technical tertiary qualification or significant work experience.

Experience/Skills –

• At least 2 years’ experience as a Technical Lead.
• At least 6 years’ experience programming in either Backend or Full Stack technologies such as Python, Node.js, TypeScript or React.
• Strong experience in AWS.
• Databases / SQL (MySQL / Postgres / MongoDB).
• Strong experience with best practices and a sound understanding of what makes valuable codebases.
• Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills.
• Preferably experience with AWS infrastructure, specifically AWS Lambda.

ATTRIBUTES:

• Willingness to build professional relationships with staff and clients.
• Excellent communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills.a