Technical Lead

Hire Resolve's client is looking for a Technical Lead (.Net) to join their team in Centurion, Gauteng. The Technical Lead will design and implement new systems and features, as well as modify and maintain existing systems for adaptation to business and/or technology changes. The Technical Lead engages directly with management, development teams, customers, and vendors to ensure the successful design, development, and delivery of technology-based solutions.

Responsibilities: 

The responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as a technical lead contributing to and directing the efforts of development teams, including internal and external team members.
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of the existing portfolio of applications and services.
• Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Design, develop, modify, implement, and support software components anywhere in the software stack.
• Determine root cause for the most complex software issues and develop practical, efficient, and permanent technical solutions.
• Remain current on new technologies and available vendor packages; evaluate and make recommendations as necessary.
• Assist in task planning, estimation, scheduling, and staffing.
• Mentor Software Engineers and Developers to allow for skill/knowledge development through advice, coaching, and training opportunities.
• Determine process improvements, best practices, and develop new processes.
• Work in close partnership with cross-functional teams and management.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related degree in Software Engineering.
• 8 to 10 years' of professional work experience in designing, developing, maintaining, supporting, testing, implementing, and integrating software systems to scale using
  • C#
  • .Net and .Net Core
  • Entity Framework / EF Core
  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript
  • Net
  • SQL
  • Web services (REST)
• At least 5 years' experience as technical architect and technical team lead
• Ability to document technical requirements and specifications
• Ability to learn new languages, research modern technologies and keep up to date with current practices.
• Ability to provide in-depth evaluation and analysis of unique complex technological issues.
• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions.
• Deal well with ambiguous/undefined problems; ability to think abstractly
• Experience serving as technical lead throughout the full software development lifecycle, from conception, architecture definition, detailed design, scoping, planning, implementation, testing to documentation, delivery, and maintenance.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, continuous integration, continuous delivery, testing, and operations.
• Knowledge of common architectural design patterns.
• Understanding and Implementation of security and data protection
• Exposure to being part of an Agile development team and agile software development practices is required.
• Experience in development of distributed/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications (Preferable).
• Experience working on large information systems (Preferable).
• Experience in developing desktop and web applications, server, and cloud-based technologies.
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g., HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery) (Preferable)
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g., C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g., Angular, React, ) (Preferable)
• Knowledge of multiple web services technologies (e.g., SOAP, REST) (Preferable).
• Knowledge of multiple relational database technologies
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases (Preferable).
• Experience with IIS Web servers or similar
• Proficiency with Git/Azure DevOps/TFS
• Exposure to Containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) and container orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes) (Preferable).
• Knowledge of Automation testing tools (Preferable)
• Microsoft Azure experience (Preferable).
• Experience developing mobile applications using Hybrid frameworks (e.g., Xamarin, MAUI) (Preferable)
• Experience working with Microservice technologies (Preferable)
  

If you would like to apply for this role, you may forward your CV to Gaby Turner at [email protected] 

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