The position reports to the Software Development Manager (eCommerce)

Your responsibilities will include:

• We are looking for an experienced software development team lead to join a versatile and creative IT management team. As the development lead you will lead a group of developers and testers constantly striving for quality solutions that are delivered on time, within budget and scope, and drive a culture of quality and personal accountability.
• You will need a strong understanding of large-scale e-commerce platform development, have experience building RESTful web applications and an appreciation of the technical challenges developers face. You will be from a development background and have a good understanding of architectural practices. You will be an advocate of Agile engineering practices and you will have prior line management experience with a track record of keeping highly skilled developers motivated.
• Successfully launch new products quickly as well as manage a large existing code base. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a growing team of engineers working on our ambitious development roadmap.
• This is a hands-on role: you should expect to spend at least 50% of your time writing code, or working with others on your team directly contributing to the production of code. The other 50% of your time will be split between architectural and strategic planning with peers and senior developers and the day-to-day people management and development required of a high-performing and successful team.

Preferred qualifications and experience

• Degree in Computer Science or engineering
• Postgraduate degree preferred
• Experience with and an understanding of line management responsibility for a technical team
• Experience developing software for a highly-transactional retail online platform
• A thorough understanding of software engineering practices and best practices, including Agile software development, source code control systems and the use of software IDEs and development and testing tools.
• An understanding of software deployment tools, deployment processes and best practices
• Experience working with no-SQL data stores like Mongo/Redis etc
• Experience with cloud implementations such as Google Cloud (or AWS, Azure) platforms
• Experience with building Restful API web services

Technical skills and knowledge

• Experience leading a team technically, with a focus on a very high-quality output
• Experience mentoring and developing technical teams
• Experience working within an Agile and Devops team, and an advocate of that culture
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent technical app architecture experience
• Experience developing Python in a test-driven environment (and/or at least in one of the following - Java, C, C++)
• Good SQL and MySQL experience in a high-load environment
• Significant technical experience and a proven track record of architectural ownership and understanding.
• A thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design and data structures and algorithms
• Experience in developing distributed, high transactional and available systems
• Experience mentoring and developing others technically