Tech Lead

Ukufu Pty Ltd

• Strategise with the business and product teams to determine priorities and goals.
• Lead technical discussions and decisions.
• Advocate best practice software engineering principles within the team.
• Drive process in an agile environment.
• Fill the role of a Scrum master, directing various ceremonies, e.g. Planning sessions, retrospectives, Sprint showcases, etc.
• Ensure a constant operational awareness of the platform health and team effectiveness.
• Identify gaps in team capabilities and be involved in the hiring process.
• Analyse data in order to help identify areas for improvement in the product, process and team.
• Mentor the team in both engineering and process-related areas.
• Assist with actively developing the application.
   

• At least 10 years of relevant experience in a software development role.
• Experience designing and building complex software solutions and related infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of data pipelines in distributed computing settings.
• Experience with Web scraping, preferably in Python.
• Experience in handling large datasets.
• Experience building, configuring and maintaining a mobile-related application stack.
• Strong background in OO development with a proficient understanding of fundamental principles such as TDD.
• Familiarity working with Amazon AWS services (e.g.ECS/Fargate, EKS, Serveless, RDS, Elastic Cache and Kinesis, etc).
• DevOps experience.
• Working experience with Linux.
• Mature attitude.
• Experience leading and managing a technical team.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple high priority projects and tasks.
• Passion for solving complex technical problems.
• Enjoy working in a fast-moving environment.
   

• Working knowledge of the latest Machine Learning/NLP techniques and technologies.
• Experience with Dart and Flutter.
• Has contributed to open source projects (provide examples if available).
• Experience managing distributed technical teams.
• Comprehensive understanding and experience with system security.
• Relevant University degree.