Job Title:                     Team Lead Software Development I – Nigeria (Remote)

Industry:                      Banking

Location:                     Nigeria

Salary:                         Competitive Salary Package + Benefits

Job Purpose:

The Software Development Team Lead will be part of an agile development team, building and working on enterprise grade software systems on top of the Microsoft .NET development stack. The Software Development Team Lead will provide technical and team leadership through coaching and mentorship.

Responsibilities:

• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery. 
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship 
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits. 
• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
• Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain w business applications
• Assist in the collection and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans.
• Prepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation, and maintenance of software.
• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards.
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code
• Package and support deployment of releases.
• Work with teammates in the migration of legacy applications to current technologies.
• Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.
• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems.
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on time and on-budget. Provide third-level support to business users
• Research and evaluate a variety of software products.
• Develop new user-facing features Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
• Provides level 3 support for production applications
• Maintain confidentiality of all Information entrusted while delivering projects.
• Comply with the principles and policies in the Information Security Handbook.
• Performs other functions as may be required for the business to achieve its strategic objectives.

Key Performance Indicators

• Number of strategic projects executed
• Estimation accuracy – Defined as the degree of deviation between estimated and actual feature delivery dates
• Product delivery variance – Defined as the difference between planned and actual delivery date of requirements
• Implementation efficiency – Number of iterations required to deliver the requirements
• Number of product defects discovered post-release
• Defect resolution time – Time taken to resolve identified software defects
• # of identified NCs (Non-Compliances)
• Number of technology process audit exceptions
• UAT success rate

Job Requirements:

Education

• Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in Computing or related disciplines
• Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage 

Experience

• 5+ years’ experience as a Software Developer  
• Prior experience in a technical leadership position 
• College or University degree in Computer Science or a related discipline 

Key Competency Requirements:

Knowledge

• Proficient in .NET framework and .Net core using C#
• In depth knowledge and experience with core Microsoft .NET technologies including: WCF, WPF, WF, LINQ and EF
• Extensive experience designing and developing enterprise grade software
• Experience with source control management systems and continuous integration/deployment environments
• Experience with automated testing
• Experience with agile development methodologies including Kanban and Scrum Experience with multi-threading and concurrency
• Experience with debugging, performance profiling and optimization Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented and service-oriented application development techniques and theories Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment
• Experience with database development including relational database design, SQL and ORM
• Effective communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders' Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions systems, and processes
• Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3
• Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
• Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery
• Good understanding of {{Depending on the specific case, a developer should have the knowledge of advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks, such as Angular, Knockouts,, BackboneJS, ReactJS, VueJs etc.}}
• Good understanding of Mobile Development technology (Futter, ReactNative)

Corporate Values/Soft skills

• In Leadership – Do what is right, even if it’s tough In Collaboration 
• Leverage our collective genius, be a team In Transparency 
• Be real In Accountability  
• Recognize that if it is to be, it is up to me In Passion  
• Show commitment in heart and mind In Advocacy  
• Earn trust and business In Quality  
• Ensure what we do, we do well