Software Lead

A highly skilled and experienced Software Lead to guide a team of software developers in designing, developing, and deploying scalable software solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise, leadership capabilities, and a passion for driving innovation and quality in software development.

Responsibilities:

· Lead and mentor a team of software engineers through the full software development lifecycle.

· Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and career development support to team members.

· Foster a collaborative, agile, and innovative team culture.

· Collaborate with software manager, aarchitect, and other stakeholders to define technical requirements and project scopes.

· Plan sprints, assign tasks, and ensure timely delivery of features and fixes.

· Monitor and report on progress, blockers, and risks.

· Contribute to architecture and system design decisions.

· Ensure software quality through testing, code reviews, and adherence to best practices.

· Identify opportunities to improve software performance, security, and scalability.

· Promote best practices in software development, including CI/CD, testing, documentation, and DevOps.

Requirements:

· Bachelors or Masters degree in Information System, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

· 5+ years of software development experience with at least 2 years in a leadership or mentorship role.

· In-depth knowledge in micro services architecture, authentication, authorization.

· In-depth knowledge of web technologies including HTTP, XML/JSON, web security, authentication/authorization protocols

· Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira, GitLab, Jenkins).

· Proven track record of in software design and development using Java/J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, Microservices, Hibernate, JPA , REST, JSON.

· Experience in middle ware technologies like Kafka, RabbitMQ.

· Strong understanding of software architecture, databases (SQL/NoSQL), REST APIs.

· Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

· Knowledge of Keycloak and Oracle IAM is an added advantage.

· Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP is an added advantage.

· Knowledge of Mobile Platform are added advantage.