Development Manager

Inspired is looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious individual in the field of software development with hands-on team management and delivery experience.

Strong Java and SQL skills are required as well as demonstrable experience in MVC frameworks, Spring/ Hibernate, and client-side in JavaScript.

Working closely with key stakeholders - Architecture Team, Product team, Management team, and other development managers and solely responsible for the quality and on-time delivery as per product roadmap.

Technical Skills

Core Java (8 or higher versions)

Multithreading experience

Spring, Spring MVC

REST web services

Angular JS

Node JS

SQL (Oracle, SQL Server), NoSQL (MongoDB)

Cloud Computing (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure etc)

CI, CD, Docker

Specific Responsibilities / Key Tasks

Setting the overall vision to direct and inform your squad’s work.

Work closely with the developers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach.

Coordinating closely with your tribe leader to stay aligned on business goals and make sure your squad is progressing and delivering against them.

Liaison between the business and the squad.

Supporting and coaching your squad to reach their highest levels.

Co-Ordinate with the Product Owner to prioritize the backlog of user stories and clearly communicate what needs to be done and by when.

Ensuring software quality, system scalability, and high availability through architectural decisions, best practices, and the management of the QA function

Collaborate with DevOps to build a comprehensive set of CI/CD pipelines that allow the team to deliver features on a continual basis.

Maintaining detailed specifications of software components and assets

Ensuring platform performance goals are met.

Advising the management team on the continued feature development, performance, and scalability parameters of the platform.

Keeping up on industry trends and communicating opportunities, weaknesses, and threats from a technology perspective to the management team

Creating consensus and working with senior developers and the Product Team to quickly resolve issues and technology selection questions.

Obtain buy-in from senior management for all key deliverables, commitments, and changes.

Measure and monitor progress of the delivery at clearly defined stages in the process. Make adjustments as necessary.

Competencies

Proficient in Java, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems.

Experience using cloud-based server-less technologies, message queues, caching technology, object storage solutions, data storage solutions (relational and NoSQL), API gateways, containers, and container ecosystems.

Commitment to software practices of Continuous Integration and automated testing.

Commitment to incorporating quality software practices into all phases of the project life lifecycle.

Good understanding of key AGILE concepts and/or experience with leading or operating in an AGILE environment.

Good Knowledge of LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum) framework.

Experience in leading teams through change.

Demonstrated ability to grow talent and leverage teams effectively for optimal success.

Proven track record of strong verbal/written communication and presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams.

Knowledge of network protocols and Internet topology.

Experience with SVN/Git-based source control.

Strong creative, organizational, and numerical skills with excellent attention to detail.

Hands-on approach and self-motivated.

Person Specification

An Influencer – the ability to influence and implement decisions with confidence, to accept and maintain responsibility, and to maintain the respect of the team and peers.

A Pragmatist – the ability to envision and implement practical solutions.

A Motivator – the ability to influence and communicate decisions in a positive light.

A Communicator – the ability to communicate effectively with team and technical and non-technical peers.

A Problem Solver – the ability to analyze a problem and help find an efficient and pragmatic solution.