About this role
We are seeking a Technical Leadership professional to oversee the development of utility billing software solutions, ensuring timely delivery to customer and business requirements. This role will manage technical leads and collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide technical direction throughout the software development lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
* Championing best practices in software development to achieve excellence in product quality.
* Cultivating an environment where technical staff are inspired, continuously learning, and part of a high-performing team.
* Driving development quality by emphasizing code reuse, unit test coverage, effective branching strategies, performance optimization, scalability, security, and usability.
* Contributing to product and technical roadmaps.
* Collaborating with service delivery managers, product managers, product owners, and project managers to understand customer and business requirements.
* Representing the Development team at leadership meetings.
* Leading allocation, succession planning, recruitment, and onboarding of Tech Leads and Software Engineers.
* Identifying and addressing technical risks throughout the software development lifecycle.
Requirements
* Proven experience as a Technical Leader within an enterprise software or product development environment with at least 5 years' experience leading technical teams of at least 20 people.
* Experience with public cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure).
* Proficiency in multiple programming languages (e.g., Java, C#, JavaScript) and familiarity with various development frameworks.
* Experience with relational databases (e.g., Oracle, MSSQL) and document databases (e.g., MongoDB).
* Familiarity with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, SAFe).
* Proficiency in containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, ECS fargate, Kubernetes).
* Experience with microservices and event-driven architectures.
* Competence in implementing logging, alerting, and service monitoring (e.g., Splunk).
* Practical experience with security and identity practices (e.g., OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML).
* Proficiency in source control tools (e.g., BitBucket) and issue tracking tools (e.g., JIRA).