Lead Developer

Are you passionate about developing innovative web applications?

Are you very strong technically and looking to grow your skills in leadership and client management?

Are you hungry to learn new technologies and development techniques?

Have you got proven experience working directly with western clients onshore or offshore?

If you answered yes to these questions, keep reading….

• We are looking for a motivated technical lead that is highly proficient in PHP and has worked with either Angular.JS or React.JS.
• This role is for a hands on tech lead that is passionate about writing code and also leading a team. You will be working directly with our team in Australia and with our clients there.
• You will be expected to lead a team of 4 - 8 developers in a hands-on role architecting and implementing solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Architect new solutions based on client requirements.
• Full application architecture
• Application tech stack selection
• Databased design
• Workflow optimisation.
• Detailed project estimation
• API development and third party API integrations
• Update implementation with modern development standards and practices.
• Work with AWS and GIT for application hosting and deployment.
• Mange a team of 4-8 software developers and test engineers,
• Daily calls with team to plan activities and solve problems.
• Code review to ensure quality standards are met.
• Security and compliance checks to follow secure coding standards.
• Project management activities, to ensure on time delivery.
• Ability to work closely with QA team throughout all aspects of the project lifecycle
• Collaborate with Australian colleagues and clients.
• Coordinate development with Technical Architects and Business Analysts in Australia
• Present and explain solutions to clients, innovated and provide new ideas to enable client success.
• Provide high level of support for clients.
• Work with clients to trouble shoot issues.

Desired Skills:

• Proven leadership and hands-on development experience. Minimum 10 years as a developer with 4 years as a team lead.
• Very strong PHP skills with either Laravel or YII as a hands on developer.
• Demonstrated knowledge of modern software development fulling industry best practice models
• Experience working with offshore clients and offshore teams. (US, UK, Australia)
• Hands on experience with Angular / React.js, Redux, and associated frontend tools.
• Experience in design patterns, algorithms, and software development best practices.
• Understanding of the concepts of concurrency, asynchronous programming, and multi-threading.
• Proven expertise in performance tuning, with experience in managing and optimising relational database management systems (RDBMS).
• Ability to ensure that the application standard is of high quality, identify vulnerabilities, and conduct regular security assessments.
• Ability to break down complex projects into actionable tasks and allocate resources for efficient execution.
• Strong understanding of relational databases, such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Effective technical decision-making that is consistent with the project's objectives.
• Excellent communication skills to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience working within agile methodologies to deliver projects efficiently.
• Familiarity with delivering software solutions for third-party clients (SaaS platforms).