Technical Lead

SUMMARY:
iOCO is looking for a Java Technical Lead to work remotely, Spring MVC, SpringBoot and Docker is non-negotiable, it is a must have.

POSITION INFO:
Development Team Lead
 iOCO: Digital AppDev
At iOCO: we value:
              

• high levels of responsibility and ownership,
• ability to execute and deliver,
• strong customer focus,
• integrity and teamwork and,
• initiative

• are driven to produce the best,
• take responsibility for work given,
• strive to understand the functional requirements,
• develop, maintain, and support enhancements for various projects,
• identify and improve aspects of existing projects,
• stay up to date with new technologies.

• Lead and organize teams consisting of relatively inexperienced to senior team members within the Mobile and Web development space.
• Design, develop, and test the front- and back-end of the company’s mobile application software.
• Troubleshoot and resolve related day-to-day anomalies within the company’s mobile applications.

• Work with and direct the team’s software engineers in setting the standards for coding, testing and software quality
• Collaborate closely with the team’s BAs on the efficient transition of BDD’s and Swaggers to the engineers as part of the overall workflow.
• Oversee and manage the scope, timeline, and goals for the delivery of working software
• Oversee and assist in the production of comprehensive documentation
• Oversee and provide support to production cutovers and migrations as required
• Lead the analysis and resolution of technical and application problems

• Participate in and support backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, demos and other Scrum related meetings
• Provide clear reporting on the status of the scope, timeline and progress for the delivery of working software
• Assist in setting up a robust out of hours support process
• Assist in the prioritisation of bugs and defects

• Participate in peer reviews of solution designs and related code
• Provide technical leadership to the teams’ software engineers through coaching and mentorship
• Identify and encourage areas for growth, education and development within the team

• Analysis and Design
• Technical design review and approval
• Confluence Updates
• Review estimates and weighting
• Code reviews and merges
• SOW review
• UAT Handover review
• Support Handover review
• Test cases review
• Automation test review
• Support Test Lead
• Review deployment artefacts
• Identify deployment team
• Support production deployments
• Keep master updated
• Highlight risks / issues / dependencies
• Team training / skilling-up sessions
• Encourage DevOps culture, tools and processes
• Monitor communication channels and respond timeously
• Development (Java)

• Persistent, patient and tolerant.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Overtime work may be required.
• Candidates will be required to be on standby.

• Java Developer with +7 years’ experience with at least 2+ years Technical Leadership experience with the following skills:
  • Java: Absolute Must Have
  • Spring MVC and SpringBoot Absolute Must Have
  • Docker: Absolute Must Have
  • Camunda, Activiti or any other similar embedded BPM: Would be amazing
  • Kubernetes: Handy, but not essential
  • Rancher: Handy, but not essential
• The following additional skills would be advantageous:
  • Spring Cloud
  • Netflix OSS (Eureka etc.)

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