Technical Leader – QAA

Role Overview

• In partnership with technical subject matter experts, you will lead the team accountable for the design and technological architecture of the product
• Guide project teams on technology strategy related to coding practices, continuous integration and automated deployment
• Manage the technical design of the product and make architecture decisions at a team and product level
• Coach the technical team, specifically with code reviews
• Be a hands-on, working leader who engages in coding to help the team to develop solution and solve all surfacing problems at hand
• Identify and remove technical impediments
• Work with Business Product Owner(s) to align the roadmap with strengths and opportunities within the technical stack
• Be an advisor with the Product owner(s) in story creation and acceptance criteria, and communicate tradeoffs with Designers
• Always look for better ways of solving technical problems and designing the solution, not afraid of challenging the status quo
• Provide the team a roadmap for implementing software engineering practices for higher code quality
• Share responsibility with Product Owner(s) for building reusable and scalable components
• Monitor performance of information technology systems to determine cost and productivity levels
• Develop budget and monitor expenditures
• Meet with IT staff to determine impact of proposed changes to hardware or software on computer
• Research and implement technological strategic solutions
• Seek out and embrace relevant perspectives when assessing a situation or a decision; demonstrate clear understanding of multiple viewpoints

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience
• Ability to travel up to 25%
• Typically requires 5+ years or relevant IT leadership experience
• Degree in CS, MIS, Software Engineering, or equivalent engineering/technical discipline
• Experience with a commercial facing portfolio with $5B+ in revenue
• Understanding of web-based application development and management experience
• Bring insight into newest technologies and trends
• Familiar with Cloud/DevOps environments including Azure DevOps
• Experience in Agile Development, with SAFe experience
• Understand relationship with Product Owner, Design Lead and rest of technical team
• Experience managing technical priorities within the Backlog
• Experience managing the delivery through the aligned team

Tech Stack

• Azure
• Cloud

Benefits

• Comprehensive mindfulness programmes with a premium membership to Calm
• Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees.
• Company volunteer and donation matching programme – Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Personalised wellbeing programmes through our OnTrack programme
• On-demand digital course library for professional development
• ... and other local benefits!