Responsibilities

Technical

• Build expertise and best practices within the chapter and make sure that the expertise is shared by all chapter members
• Provide direct day to day architectural and technology problem-solving, coaching, direction and guidance to product teams in a start-up like environment
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging technologies, and software development best practices by attending relevant conferences and reading widely
• Ensure compliance with standards, regulatory and audit requirements where applicable

People and performance

• Assist chapter members in defining career plans, considering the technical, personal and agile pillars
• Evaluate and coach the chapter members on the job performance and career evolution, according to the defined career plan
• Encourage contribution to open source software development, standardization of technologies, and evolution of best practices by collaborating with peers, releasing code, presenting at conferences, and writing for publication
• Be a role model for the chapter members

Alignment and consistency across IT Environment

• Maintain a common approach on similar tasks across the teams, by all chapter members adhering to the same practices
• Communicate with the other chapter leads for aligning on approaches and being in sync, and also with back-end systems owners for integration of software development and release management practises

Required skills, and background

• 7+ years in Senior engineering and technology roles working with product development teams, delivering and building digital products –while remaining hands-on
• A track record of hiring, onboarding, and developing engineers
• Strong examples of coaching, facilitating and guiding others in the area of expertise
• An expert in product development for web and mobile with hands on experience coding in with web and JS frameworks –such as Angular, React or Node.JS including experience with CSS and HTML
• An expert in Agile software development methodologies and processes including CI, CD, TDD and automation
• A depth and breadth understanding of the digital technology space –with the ability to stay current and up-to-date on trends and technologies
• Understanding of business environment specifics and needs, and desire to contribute to business capabilities improvements and innovation
• Experience working with teams using DevOps and continuous delivery with focus on delivering rapid customer value
• Familiarity with information security vulnerabilities and risk management concepts awareness
• Proven collaboration, communication and interpersonal skills and ability to introduce and promote new ideas
• Proven ability to influence others