Lead Developer

Overview of role

This Lead Analyst Developer will be joining an agile delivery team and be responsilbe for:

• Leading development and build tasks
• Contributing to the analysis and testing of working software
• Working with colleagues from other agile teams and shared service teams to both communicate and accept dependencies
• Supporting the System Team
• Participate enthusiastically and effectively in Agile ceremonies
• Ensuring continued improvement through conducting regular retrospective reviews and executing high priority actions that emerge
• Committing to increasing their skills and experience in non-core specialisms (Analysis, Test)
• Supporting other team members to improve their software development skills and experiences
• Performing the role of Scrum Master for the agile team if required to do so
• Committing to developing the team through leadership of communities, guilds or key involvement in other non-core activities
• Design and support the development and implementation of automated processes to support the client lifecycle.

General and Technical skills

• Full stack developer with strong C# / .Net skills, good Web UI skills: Javascript / HTML, including knowledge of current libraries and frameworks such as Angular, React, Redux
• Good system analysis and design skills, with knowledge of approaches such as Domain Driven Design.
• A strong preference for test driven development, and automated acceptance / integration tests and good understanding of test frameworks, mocking tools, etc.
• A good understanding of system architecture approaches, such as REST/ WebApi, messaging, micro-service / service-oriented architectural approaches, CQRS, Event Sourcing
• Will ideally have an understanding of institutional client on-boarding and associated client lifecycle activities.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies, (SAFe is preferred)
• Wide experience of software development across a number of different capabilities, systems or teams; number of different (positive) experiences is valued higher than length of experience
• Very high level of technical skill using development tools, frameworks and programming languages, specifically required for delivery
• Very high level of technical capability in respect of developing technology solutions, both in house developed bespoke applications and commercially available off the shelf solutions
• Experience of working with global colleagues and stakeholders and sensitivity to cultural differences, time zones etc.
• Good understanding of the business context of the Capabilities
• Good understanding of how the work [features and stories] delivered by the Capability teams contributes to Epics
• Excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken

Qualification

• Educated to at least undergraduate degree level in a numerate subject, preferably computer science or similar
• Basic professional qualifications relating to the asset management industry (such as IMC) are preferred

Personal Attributes

• Passionate about mastering and innovating best practice in software development
• Inspiring and collaborative leader, model of agile leadership approach
• Friendly, approachable, enjoys working with people from a variety of backgrounds
• Capable of remaining positive when under pressure
• Continuous improvement mind-set, challenges the status quo and seeks self improvement
• Problem solver, comfortable taking the initiative in challenging and ambiguous circumstances