Engineering Manager

Were looking for an exceedingly talented Technologist to work as part of the Risk Engineering development team. As a Technologist in the team, you ll be responsible for the technical direction of our Risk Products, ensuring that we are using appropriate technologies and helping drive initiatives to bring customer value and efficiency in operation. You ll work closely with architects to ensure that technical choices are aligned with the overall architecture of our products. Mentoring members of the team also forms a crucial part of the role, working alongside the team management to ensure that the team has the capabilities it needs to deliver.

Main Responsibilities / Accountabilities

Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable JavaScript code based on requirements or User Stories

Develop software using disciplined software development processes, adhering to team/company standards and software best practice guidelines, and corporate policies.

Lead groups of engineers working with the scrum master and management to coordinate and deliver larger developments.

Ensure that there is a focus on software quality through effective testing, doing what is necessary to provide a framework for teams to understand the quality of our developments.

Work closely with the QA team to ensure that code is developed to a high quality, evidenced through automated testing.

Leading the design of components, ensuring that they adhere to the application architecture

Provide technical support to operations or other development teams

Create, review, and maintain all required technical documentation to ensure supportability and reuse

Review work of peers and more junior developers.

Assist with improvements to prevent problems, including problem resolution workflow.

Participate in project planning sessions with team members to analyze development requirements, provide design options, and provide work breakdown and estimates of work.

Actively participate in team and status meetings, providing timely status updates for areas of individual responsibilities within projects to supervisor

Key Relationships

Sr Management

Architects

Scrum Master

Development and QA Team

Essential Skills/Experience Required

Core Java language, J2EE, Spring framework, data structures, multi-threading and exception handling
VueJS, React, Node for building dynamic user interfaces
Working with relational databases - PostgreSQL/MySQL with proficiency in data-modelling, SQL, ORM, JPA, etc.

Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around such issues

Familiar with various design patterns

Experience of unit testing JavaScript

Solid understanding of security implications and secure coding

Familiar with RESTful interfaces

Familiarity with front-end build tools, such as Grunt, Gulp.js, webpack

Good understanding of browser rendering behavior and performance

Self-starter - does what it takes to get the job done

Excellent communication skills, verbal and written

Skill for writing clean, readable code and reusable components

Proficient using source code management tools such as Git or SVN

Experienced in a formal agile software development lifecycle

Familiar with continuous build and integration

Experience with Test Driven Development and / or Behavior Driven Development

Experience of developing for the AWS Cloud

Desired Skills/Experience Required

Cloud technologies

Education/ Certifications

A good relevant degree is desirable, but experience and the right approach to work are just as important.