Hybrid onsite - Sr Development Lead to manage across 2 complicated streams of custom software development work

S.i. Systems public sector client is seeking a Hybrid - Sr Development Lead to manage across 2 complicated streams of custom software development work

12 month contract

Mid April estimated start date

Full time hours (up to 40 hours / week)

Must be in Metro Vancouver and willing to commute to downtown office 2x / week. (Thursday + another day)

MUST HAVE SKILLS:

• Background as a software engineer and experience as a technical leader / scrum master
• SDLC and custom software development experience
• Experience driving sprints
• Experience enforcing engineering discipline, and technical performance accountability

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience with web technologies and design principles such as Angular, Microservices, API management, cloud native CI/CD pipelines and AWS infrastructure

JOB DUTIES:

• Lead a distributed team of internal developers, offshore developers and external technical vendors to deliver software projects and products.
• Serve as a technical expert, providing guidance and support to the project team in the design, development, and implementation of solutions.
• Ensure efficient team structure and coordinate with Technology division and resource managers to ensure the availability and allocation of required technical resources for successful project execution.
• Coordinate and align technical objectives, schedules, and milestones across multiple teams.
• Ensure all technical deliveries follow the company's established processes, practices, and policies.
• Proactively manage technical work throughout the SDLC, considering constraints and dependencies.
• Drive good software engineering practices and discipline throughout the development process, prioritizing quality and efficiency.
• Collaborate with solution and testing teams to ensure that technical requirements are understood, and that software is developed and tested to the required standards.
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance (QA) lead to ensure testing is thorough and defects are addressed in a timely manner.
• Monitor progress, velocities, and quality to provide delivery status updates related to technical execution.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks, impediments, constraints and dependencies across teams.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvements in delivery processes and methodologies.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and coordinate with cross-functional technical teams.