Technical Lead

Job Description

The technical lead is responsible in guiding an agile development team through varying technical projects and achieving the outcome projected within estimated time constraints. The technical lead must ensure established quality standards are adhered to throughout the development process. The technical lead should be able to identify shortcomings within the team and take proactive measures to overcome. Technical lead should aim to continuously develop the skills of the team members and guide them.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acquire a comprehensive understanding of product and the business.
• Analyse requirements and design high quality solutions.
• Adopt industry best practices and organisational coding standards.
• Produce clean and efficient code.
• Test and debug produced code.
• Version control according to best practices.
• Creating and updating technical documentation.
• Learn and update the knowledge on latest technologies.
• Provide technical guidance to the team.

Required Skills:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Leadership skills.
• Creative thinking.
• Comprehensive understanding of agile software development process.
• Deep understanding of software design and architectural patterns.

Experience:

• A degree in a relevant technical discipline or an equivalent professional qualification.
• 5+ years’ of experience in a similar capacity in guiding teams and architectural design.