Lead Backend Developer

Summary

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, this is the perfect role for a seasoned lead developer. You will be responsible for the full software development Lifecyle, leading a team of full stack/Front End/Backend developers and leading in the technical design specification, architecture, research, development, integration, testing, deployment, and implementation of industry-leading AI infused product Innovation solutions for the Banking Industry. 

You will lead by example, be a subject matter expert and infuse the development team with a passion for building effective, high quality and robust innovative solutions.

Core Accountabilities

•Motivate, develop, coach, and formally appraise the Software Development team.

•Monitor & co-ordinate any management information and capacity relating to the work of the team.

•Responsible for leading the software development team and providing technical guidance.

•Responsible for full stack, architectural, solution design specification and documentation.

•Responsible for the design, development, modification, maintenance, testing and deployment.

•Develop fully integrated back-end to front-end innovative solutions.

•Design, develop and maintain database solutions associated to data driven platforms.

•Develop to high quality coding standards.

•Responsible for project version control, coding standards, branching strategy and deployment.

•As part of the full development life cycle you will be responsible for continuous integration testing, Unit Testing and Performance Testing.

•Provide advanced technical support escalated from the development support team for all Voyager systems, solutions, and data sets.

•Scope and define detailed product backlog item descriptions that feed into sprint planning.

•Provide effective technical analysis, design requirements and relevant documentation.

•Using appropriate tools to define and communicate the required solution. These may include user journeys, prototypes, and wireframes.

•Coordinate release and sprint planning & conduct daily scrum meetings.

•Develop and maintain a thorough and up-to-date working technical knowledge of digital solutions and the Voyager Worldwide product suite.

•Develop and maintain a detailed technical understanding of our products, systems, technologies, architecture, and data sets.

•Develop and maintain a thorough and up-to-date working technical knowledge and understanding of AI, ML and RPA technologies.

•It should be noted that the above list of main duties and responsibilities is not necessarily a complete statement of the final duties of the post.

Qualifications & Experiences

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in backend development with Core Java.
•  1+ years of experience in team management or technical mentoring.
•  Strong understanding of OOP, design patterns, and scalable architecture.
•  Proficiency in SQL/NoSQL databases and performance tuning.
•  Experience with AWS cloud services, Docker containers, and Kubernetes orchestration.
• Strong understanding of API development, security protocols, and service integration.
•  Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Excellent working knowledge and understanding of project management tools such as JIRA, VSTS DevOps.
• Hands on with version control systems such as SVN, TFS & GIT.
•  Nice to have experience in full-stack development using JavaScript frameworks such as React, Node.js, Angular.