Full Job Description
This role is based in India and as such all normal working days must be carried out in India.
Join us as a Lead Software Engineer
This is an opportunity for a driven Lead Software Engineer to join us and support the technical delivery of a software engineering team
You’ll be responsible for developing solution design options and explaining the pros and cons to key stakeholders for appropriate decision making
Hone your existing technical skills and advance your career in this innovative and challenging role
What you’ll do
In this role, you’ll support a team of developers and set the technical direction of the deliveries, applying the principles and methodologies of software engineering to the technical design, development, testing, and maintenance of applications and services.
We’ll look to you to oversee the work quality of the software engineering team, making sure that it meets the technical standards for all services output, as well as implementing a culture of concise and comprehensive technical documentation as a continuous process.
Day-to-day, you’ll be:
Supporting and monitoring the technical progress against plans, while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance and providing updates to stakeholders
Supporting and mentoring the team in the understanding of relevant software languages and technical domains
Driving the adoption of software engineering principles, processes and best practices
Liaising with engineers, architects, business analysts and other key stakeholders to understand the objectives, requirements and options
Designing and developing high-volume, high-performance and high-availability applications using proven frameworks and technologies
The skills you’ll need
To be successful in this role, you’ll need a background in software engineering, software design or database design and architecture, as well as experience in providing technical leadership and accountability for a software engineering team.
We’ll also look to you to have a minimum of eight years’ experience as a Microsoft SQL Business Intelligence Developer, from which you’ll have strong SQL server skills.
You’ll also demonstrate:
The ability to develop software in an SOA or micro-services paradigm
Experience of using industry recognised frameworks and development tooling
Sound knowledge of database design, normalisation, query and optimisation, and an understanding of ETL processing in SQL server
Up to three years’ experience in SSRS and implementation experience in Data Warehouse and Data Lake
A background of implementing programming best-practice, especially around scalability, availability and performance