KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :
CODE QUALITY
SDLC - Leads or helps to lead project teams to design, develop and test enterprise-ready business applications in a variety of configurations (e.
g. web-based, desktop-based, service-based or scheduled processes).
BEST PRACTICES - Understands industry best practice related to coding and tools & understands the clients established best practices.
DEVELOP Write quality code, set an example of quality for the team members. Gain team’s respect by producing quality of code and applying own practices
CODE & PEER REVIEWS - Uses expertise and mentoring skills, alongside practices such as code reviews and code analysis, to ensure the team adheres to best practice when developing solutions.
SOLUTION DESIGN
Designs, plans and oversees the development of entire solutions from scratch, or solutions that integrate with third -party applications, or that interact with existing legacy systems.
Justifies design and development decisions based upon industry experience.
Helps Database Developers design databases and ensures the Development Team writes efficient, effective database access code in line with best practice.
Owns, researches, evaluates and fully understands potential technical solutions to business problems
Must have a very good understanding of the solution architecture
Removes technical impediments
Set reasonable expectations for the team members
QA / TESTING
Works with QA Analysts to develop and implement testing plans.
Ensures the team writes the necessary code to automate testing in line with the Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodology.
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS
Ensure the root causes of systems issues are diagnosed effectively by working with the team to improve their problem solving skills and build upon their knowledge of existing systems.
COLLABORATE - Working collaboratively within the Agile development team :
As a technical expert, works collaboratively with DPM, Architects, Developers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, QA (Testers) to identify and specify business requirements and derive the design of the related solution, and ensures these are translated into technical specifications (including Class, Sequence and other UML diagrams) by the Development team.
Works alongside customers and DPM to ensure quality, effective software is delivered regularly by the team, in line with the SAFe (Agile) Development process and methodology.
As a member of the team, to assist and enable other team members to meet sprint deliveries according to the requirements set.
Participate in Planning Meetings, Sprint Planning Development Cycles every 2 weeks and Daily Standup meetings
Provide and document the technical design solution for the Developers to code.
Deliver according to the Definition of Done and the Definition of Ready.
Update JIRA with accurate information to identify risks / issues proactively at the sprint level
Constantly looking for ways to increase the teams’ velocity / productivity by eliminating the waste.
Support the development process by assisting and mentoring Developers to understand the technical solution.
CORE SKILLS / COMPETENCIES :
Mandatory Skills / Abilities required to do the Job
Technical Skills
Generalist with the following core competencies and a proven track record in :
nTier Enterprise Development - Frontend, Middle Tier & Database
C#.Net & .NET Entity Framework / nHibernate
Presentation Layer (UI) ASP, HTML, CSS, BOOTSTRAP
Scripting JAVASCRIPT, JQUERY, PERL
Databases MS SQL or equivalent relational database (SYBASE, POSTGRES)
WINDOWS Operating Systems
Testing Tools nUnit or exposure to any testing tools preferable
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS :
IT Diploma or related Degree will be an advantage but is not essential.
Minimum requirement is Matric with at least 5 years of on the job work experience.
Retail exposure would be an advantage
Experience in using Agile (SAFe) methodologies will be an advantage.
Exposure to Enterprise development preferred.
RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Competency based interview to assess above requirements
Applicable assessment
Background checks 
