The opportunity
This role leads a team that provides the most senior level IT technical lead services across platforms, while overseeing secure API integration, aligning architecture with user and enterprise goals, and driving software documentation standards.
Your key responsibilities
- Hires, evaluates, and supervises crew. Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
- Provides the most senior level IT technical lead and architecture services and direction for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects on multiple platforms. Provides technical expertise and completes complex development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities.
- Leads and ensures the viability of IT deliverables. Provides development and architectural options and approves the team's technical deliverables. Conducts testing, including functionality, technical limitations, and security. Provides production support for products.
- Identifies potential solutions and approves technical solutions proposed by team members. Elevates complex technical issues to IT experts. Resolves technical problems discovered by testers and internal clients. Responds to and resolves technical issues in a timely manner. Researches issues and performs root cause analysis. Anticipates technology problems and prevents them. Resolves potential technology problems implemented by less experience staff before they cause an issue.
- Communicates with key stakeholders on project issues and implications. Evaluates the impacts of change requests on technologies and effectively persuades and influences others on ideas.
- Maintains a current and working knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, and technical standards. Mentors IT staff and identifies training needs. As new standards are instituted, ensures their usage by team members. Learns, and applies new technology quickly, and is well versed on the latest technologies and tools supporting software development in the industry. Assists with the creation of strategic product roadmaps.
- Reviews and approves documentation and diagrams created by IT team members. Writes documentation, including technical standards and processes.
- Identifies opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies.
- Develops code and test artifacts that reuse subroutines or objects, is well structured, backed by automated tests, includes sufficient comments and is easy to maintain. Writes programs, appropriate test artifacts, ad hoc queries, and reports. Employs contemporary software development techniques to ensure tests are implemented in a way that supports automation.
- Amplifies the productivity of entire team through collaboration, and the implementation of technology frameworks. Learns and applies new technology quickly, and is well versed on the latest technologies and tools supporting software development in the industry. Anticipates technology problems and prevents them. Resolves potential technology problems implemented by less experience staff before they cause an issue.
- Thoroughly understands and complies with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures, and verifies that deliverables meet requirements. Works across organizational lines to improve both IT and Information Security policies and procedures.
- Maintains a broad understanding of the roles of front, middle and back office, and designs systems to enable efficient business processes while maintaining necessary controls. Maintains a broad understanding of the roles of external partners and designs systems to enable efficient business processes while maintaining necessary controls.
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
- Oversee data flow integration between multiple APIs and systems for consistent, secure, and streamlined application performance.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration across development, UX, and infrastructure teams, aligning systems architecture with end-user needs and enterprise objectives.
- Establish and govern software documentation standards to ensure clarity, maintainability, and ease of future upgrades.
Skills and attributes for success
A team player with strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skillsConstantly updating yourself about new technologies in the marketA winning personality and the ability to become a trusted advisor to the stakeholdersTo qualify for the role, you must have
Minimum 12+ years of relevant work experience, with at least 5 years in a mangerial role with a strong focus on application engineering.Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.Proven experience in leading technical teams and mentoring junior developers.Proficiency in programming languages, , Java, C#, Python, JavaScriptStrong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, etc.).Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.Solid experience with databases (SQL, NoSQL) and data modeling.Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.Ideally, you’ll also have
Strong verbal and written communication, facilitation, relationship-building, presentation and negotiation skills.Be highly flexible, adaptable, and creative.Comfortable interacting with senior executives (within the firm and at the client)What we look for
Strong teamwork, work ethic, product mindset, client centricity and a relentless commitment to EY values.What working at EY offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer :
Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues aroundOpportunities to develop new skills and progress your careerThe freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for youEY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.
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