Technical Lead at Lipa Later

About the Role

If you have excellent programming skills, a passion for developing/improving applications utilizing cutting edge technologies, and strong leadership skills, then we would like to meet you.

Reports to: Group Chief Executive Officer

Tech Lead Officer Responsibilities:

System Design

• Database design - Identifying key entities, their responsibilities and relationships to develop and document well-structured databases.
• Application architecture - Design and document the architecture of various software components and how they interact with each other.
• Infrastructure - Assess capacity needs, identify red flags that may cause system degradation and scale the system accordingly. Develop a CI/CD pipeline (automated tests & deployments).

Establish Engineering Best Practices

• Implement static code analysis tools, encourage code reviews and use of computer science fundamentals to ensure the code is of high quality, maintainable, reusable and performant.
• Implement unit, integration & e-2-e tests to ensure key software components work as expected and meet the customer's needs.
• Create/maintain a playbook that documents engineering best practices, the product development process, various workflows, system architecture, engineering values and expectations.

Product Development

• Capture requirements from the product managers, assess the scope of work, help in overall design direction and define implementation strategies and effort estimates.
• Break down the requirements into actionable tasks that the engineering team will take up.
• Assign tasks, keep track of progress, resolve blockers to facilitate continuous iterations of product features on time, spec and quality in agile development cycles.

Talent & Mentorship

• Lead in the recruitment of top talent to support the business as it grows.
• Provide feedback on work done and highlight areas to improve on.
• Impart knowledge to the team through tech discussions and coaching sessions.
• Delegate more complex problems to facilitate growth, creating a challenging and fulfilling work environment.

Software Development

• Jump in and write code where necessary.

Budgeting

Technical Debt Management

• Identify problematic applications, document and develop long-term solutions to fix them.
• In every iteration (sprint) allocate time to debt-related tasks.

Responsibilities

• Strong focus on Code Quality thorough conducting project code reviews on a frequent basis and integrating the needed optimizations and changes.
• Own and shape our technical best practices & processes and improve/optimize them to ensure they are up to standards.
• Ensure our best development practices are being followed by the dev team and take full responsibility for any findings or red flags.
• Own the technical implementation of all technical work and ensure deliveries are on track, deadlines are met, and progress/bottlenecks are resolved in a timely manner.
• Take the initiative to manage and resolve any bottlenecks or issues related to the projects & members they are managing autonomously.
• Responsible for the end-to-end technical building and implementation of features and products within set timelines.
• Assist substantially in designing, documenting, and sharing/discussing the project architecture with the team.
• Prepare, review, and own the technical documentation of his/her projects
• Mentor & Coach Junior team members and their project colleagues
• Manage small teams of developers

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Engineering/Computer Science/Electrical Engineering Masters is a plus

Bonus qualities

• Experience using AWS cloud and its resources/services
• AWS certificates
• Strong work experience in Relational Databases including PostgreSQL
• Previous experience in automated testing tools including unit testing & UI testing
• Strong knowledge in DevOps, CI/CD, Docker containers
• Experience with Scrum/Agile Development methodologies
• Experience managing multiple projects at the same time