Software Engineering Team Lead

7 months ago


Claremont, South Africa Kurtosys Full time

ABOUT US:
Kurtosys provides asset and wealth managers with a data and content publication platform that enables the construction and distribution of critical sales, marketing, and client reporting materials. Founded in 2002, Kurtosys operates across four global offices. Underpinned by global ISO-27001 certification in information security management, the Kurtosys team has a deep understanding of working at scale with data, information design, industry regulations and compliance issues.

THE TEAM:
Our team is responsible for building the Kurtosys App platform, the flagship Kurtosys product that is used by our customers. We are looking for an experienced Software Engineering Team Lead who enjoys working on technical challenges, providing engineering leadership, and managing and mentoring people. Our architecture uses a combination of private and public cloud infrastructure services, is API driven, and is predominantly written in TypeScript, Node.js and React. We are looking for someone that is comfortable with both the people management and technical aspects of engineering leadership and has experience in both. You would be leading a support engineering team working on migrating clients onto our platform and the support engineering teams under each product we build and support.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

- Solve challenging and interesting engineering problems.
- Write code using some of the latest technologies and cloud services.
- Collaborate with fellow developers and teams via code reviews and knowledge sharing sessions.
- Provide guidance on architecture and create technical specifications.
- Review architecture and technical designs.
- Manage and mentor software developers of different skill levels.
- Empower and enable team members to complete work independently.
- Identify and implement software development process improvements.
- Introduce and encourages technical innovation.

THE NON-NEGOTIABLES:

- Minimum of 7 years of software development experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, or other languages such as C# and Java.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in a managerial role, leading and mentoring software development teams.
- Strong problem solving and debugging skills.
- Software development experience inJavaScript, TypeScript or other languages such as C#, and Java.
- Experience building web sites and web services.
- Comfortable writing SQL statements and using SQL databases.
- Required to produce/input into technical specifications and maintain documentation.
- Experience using unit and integration tests.
- Knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure services.
- Promote good software development practices such as:

- Collaboration and knowledge sharing (especially around gathering and understanding requirements, and designing solutions).
- Solution design.
- Code quality, in terms of maintainability, performance, scaling, security, test coverage, documentation (both technical and user facing help)
- Focus on delivery, the team meeting commitments, and communicating progress or impact on delivery.
- Manage technical debt in a balanced way.

MANAGING A SUPPORT ENGINEERING TEAM:

- Oversee and lead a team of support engineers responsible for troubleshooting and resolving customer issues.
- Develop and implement support processes and best practices to ensure high-quality customer service.
- Collaborate with other engineering teams to escalate and resolve complex technical issues.
- Provide training and mentoring to support engineers to enhance their technical skills and customer service capabilities.
- Monitor and report on support team performance, identifying areas for improvement and implementing necessary changes.

TECH STACK:

- NodeJS
- React
- Cloudflare CDN including caching, security features and worker functions.
- AWS including Lambda, ECS Fargate, S3.
- Docker
- MySql

BENEFITS:

- No dress code
- Open culture
- Flexible work hours
- Group risk cover
- Employee wellbeing program
- 20 days paid leave, rising to 25
- Ongoing staff appreciation events
- Access to learning platforms
- Working with experts across the globe
- Home internet allowance

FINAL THOUGHTS:

- We are an international SaaS based fintech company
- We work with up to date technology, promote from within wherever possible, and encourage our team members to use initiative, think out the box and share their ideas.
- We aim to transform how our customers - which includes the world's most prestigious financial services firms - drive engagement with their audiences.
- Our aim is to give our customers the ability to target, knowledge share and nurture their community of prospects and clients to develop long standing relationships.

Get in touch to learn more.



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