Technical Lead/software Development Manager

4 days ago

Pretoria, South Africa Ovations Technologies (Pty) Ltd Full time

Small, family oriented company is expanding in the market and looking for a strong leader to join the team. This is a remote opportunity.

As a senior manager in the company, you will serve as a technical lead, and be able to discuss data structures, new technologies, and new methods of achieving system goals. You will also provide servant leadership to your team, removing roadblocks, coaching, and mentoring as needed, facilitating collaboration with internal customers, and helping your team to succeed.

**Responsibilities**
- Oversee development, testing, and quality assurance.
- Be the technical and people leader for software developers and testers of various experience levels.
- Supervise and delegate duties to the development team.
- Attract, hire, train, and maintain a team of talented resources.
- Deliver reports and proposals to upper management.
- Use your technical expertise to contribute towards building best-in-class products.
- Take projects or significant features from concept to implementation.
- Collaborate with IT and business management to establish priorities for the team’s plan and manage team performance.
- Guide technical documentation of project requirements, SDLC processes, and end-user documentation.
- Analyse and Scope development initiatives.
- Implement and maintain standards, best practices, frameworks, and technology for the development team.
- Support an excellent customer experience by being proactive in assessing escalations and working with the team to respond appropriately.
- Follow and promote company core values.
- Manage software releases from end-to-end.

**Minimum qualifications & experience**
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
- 6+ years of experience designing and building scalable enterprise software with a solid software development background including design patterns, data structures, and test-driven development.
- 5+ years of managing high-performance software development teams.
- 3+ years of experience architecting and designing (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems.
- Experience with Microsoft technology including C#,.NET, MS SQL, DevOps.
- Experience designing software architectures for scalability, reliability, and performance.
- Ability to balance multiple priorities and communicate across organisational boundaries.
- Ability to build strong relationships with diverse teams within an organisation.
- Strong leadership, communication, and organisational skills.
- Experience in the cloud-hosted (SAAS) industry.
- Experience with Agile methodologies as a development manager.
- Creative thinker and problem solver.
- Self-motivated and driven.
- Well-organised and detail-orientated.
- Ability to handle multiple, competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, and navigate ambiguity.
- A deep understanding of the software development life cycle, and a track record of shipping software on time.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: Up to R1,000,000.00 per year

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