Senior Technical Lead

2 weeks ago


Sandton, South Africa Experian Full time

Company Description

Experian is the world’s leading global information services company. During life’s big moments — from buying a home or a car to sending a child to college to growing a business by connecting with new customers — we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence.

We have 20,000 people operating across 44 countries. By investing in our people, technology and innovation, we can help transform businesses, help communities prosper, enable more people to feel included in the financial opportunities that should be available to them, and help people to thrive. We're looking for inspired employees that want to make an impact.

At Experian, we are committed to building an inclusive culture and to creating an environment where people can balance successful careers with their commitments and interests outside of work. Our flexible working practices support our belief that this balance brings long-lasting benefits for our business as well as our people. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, and if this is important to you, we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process.

**Job Description**:
Construct and implement software platforms at Application and enterprise sub-system level, and understand system functionality at enterprise sub-system level.

Object-orientated as well as functional programming mindset with a proficiency in two or more programming languages.

Understand and interpret complex technical system specifications.

Participate in JAD sessions.

Design, code, test and debug programs according to program specifications.

Produce technical and user documentation.

Take responsibility for supervision and mentoring of trainee and junior programmers when needed.

Take responsibility for quality code walk-throughs throughout the team with focus on upskilling and continuous improvement of practices including debugging where necessary.

Capable of working as part of a project team and leading the team from a technical direction ensuring the technical vision of the company is realised.

Collaborate and assist team lead and collaborate across teams to successfully achieve goals.

Provide an open communication channel within your team as well as across other teams.

**Qualifications**:

- Degree or Diploma in Software Development or Computer Science
- 7+ Years Software Development/Programming Experience
- Suitable significant experience could replace the requirement of a formal tertiary education
- Mentoring software developers
- Experience in SDLC
- Experience in Jira and Confluence or other ticketing system
- Experience in Data Base Design
- Experience in the Financial Sector would be advantageous

Additional Information
**Principle responsibilities**
- Delivery of solution, by way of code, that addresses the stated requirement and adheres to structural and performance standards.
- Effective communication and task management within the auspices of defined objectives and in accordance with the management reporting line.
- Adherence to SDLC policy and process, including maintenance thereof
- Provide a strong technical direction by establishing a technical vision, resolving technical disagreements, and managing the technical quality of team deliverables.
- Ensure that the team uses appropriate engineering practices (such as CD or automated testing), invests in continual improvements to tooling or technical debt management, and that systems evolve to meet changing needs and environments.
- Assist your team with any technical challenges by using your own knowledge and experience in software development.
- Escalate and delegate tasks to appropriate team members ensuring deliverables are met and system knowledge is shared across the team.
- Participate in staff recruiting and interview processes.
- Modular responsibility for the identification and generation of recommendation where personal development is indicated or desired.
- Modular responsibility for the identification and generation of recommendation where rationalization or enhancement will provide benefit to the local unit.
- Modular responsibility to the technical development of junior, intermediate and senior programming resources.

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