Technical Lead

Our client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technical Lead to join their dynamic team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to influence engineering decisions, contribute to the technical development of team members, and provide expert services in line with strategic roadmaps. The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of software engineering tools and techniques, and demonstrate thought leadership abilities that are recognised by peers.

What you'll do:

As a Technical Lead, you will be at the forefront of technological advancements, keeping abreast of emerging trends and techniques. You will play a pivotal role in providing research and development capabilities, formulating valuable insights, and delivering solutions that align with our strategic roadmap. Your expertise will be crucial in resolving complex technical issues, while your collaborative approach will enable you to work effectively with squads to design and model innovative solutions. Furthermore, you will champion best practices across software development, ensuring robustness, efficiency, and scalability of our applications. Being highly experienced in COBOL is essential for this position.

• Keep up to date with the latest and emerging technologies.
• Provide a research and development capability for the organisation.
• Formulate and develop information and recommendations to support solution delivery.
• Provide problem solving on technical specialist issues.
• Work with squads to formulate designs and models.
• Promote policy and best practice across software development.
• Design, code, test and deploy applications, systems and databases features.

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for this Technical Lead position brings a wealth of technical domain expertise along with a proven track record in an Agile/DevOps environment. Your proficiency in CI/CD operations, RDBMS design optimisation, test automation (TDD/BDD), architecture design, cloud-native technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP/Kubernetes), security protocols will be essential for success in this role. Your ability to inspire others through your knowledge sharing will be highly valued.

• 15 years of software engineering experience
• 15 years of detailed design experience
• Deep understanding and knowledge of technical domain expertise.
• Experience in Agile / DevOps environment.
• Knowledge in CI / CD, operational experience and automation (Windows, Linux, Docker).
• RDBMS Design and optimisation skills.
• Test Automation – TDD, BDD.
• Architecture and design knowledge.
• Cloud and Cloud Native (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes) knowledge.
• Security knowledge.

What sets this company apart:

Our client is renowned for its commitment to innovation and excellence. They foster an inclusive culture where every individual's contribution is valued. They offer flexible working opportunities which promote work-life balance. Their supportive leadership encourages continuous learning and professional growth.

Robert Walters endeavours to review all applications in a maximum of five working days. If you have not received correspondence within this timeframe please do not hesitate to contact Sophie Holubicka on +64 9 374 7300.