Tech lead

This is a full-time 100% remote position, and we would prefer somebody located and working from the IST time-zone since a majority of the team is located in that part of the world.

Full-time 100% remote position

Introduction

We are looking for an innovative tech lead to join our company. As the tech lead, you will oversee the company’s technical team and all projects they undertake; analyze briefs; write progress reports, identify risks, and develop work schedules.

You should be able to work with your team and inspire them to reach their goals.

To be successful as a technical lead, you should always be expanding your industry knowledge and be able to quickly identify problems. Outstanding technical leads are accountable, trustworthy, and able to build lasting relationships with their teams.

Our team subscribes and applies the Agile method. They are mostly self-organizing and self-prioritizing. We do however see the need for some support on meeting deadlines and problem-solving. You will be working closely with your team members to ensure that all project requirements, deadlines, and schedules are on track.

We don’t encourage top-down management and instead believe strongly in collaborative problem-solving. This role requires someone who can foster such a culture and encourages self-management and creative problem-solving.

Responsibilities

Evaluate the existing system architecture and suggest the needed improvements.

Design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality scalable Services in Java Ecosystem and Ensure best practices are adhered.

Define Technical Requirements for backend developers.

Provide Code Review for Backend Developers.

Set-up code quality standards and follow up that team members maintain it.

Ensure that the test automation scripts are run against code to ensure quality delivery.

Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team.

Delegating tasks and achieving daily, weekly, and monthly goals.

Liaising with team members, management, and clients to ensure projects are completed to standard.

Identifying risks and forming contingency plans as soon as possible.

Analyzing existing operations and scheduling training sessions and meetings to discuss improvements.

Keeping up to date with industry trends and developments.

Updating work schedules and performing troubleshooting as required.

Motivating staff and creating a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns.

Being transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes.

Writing progress reports and delivering presentations to the relevant stakeholders.

Participate in team meetings.

Resolve code issues with urgency.

Periodic architecture review, database design review, microservices design & review, code review, review the technical estimates given by the team members, choosing the right tools.

Coach and mentor team members.