Development Manager

Flash

2024/12/11 Western Cape

Job Reference Number: T175

Department: Technology

Industry: Information Technology

Job Type: Permanent

Positions Available: 1

Salary: Market Related

We are looking for leaders who provide ongoing coaching and feedback, proactively manage team performance, and support employee career development. Ideal candidates will excel in hiring and retaining high performers, actively managing change, and role modelling behaviours that align with our culture and values.

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Managing progress and sprint planning across teams
• Leading and managing the Software Development and IT teams to deliver software and infrastructure
• Collaborating with the appropriate functions and users to evaluate and identify technology platforms for delivering the companys products and internal services
• Driving consistent standards and approaches throughout the development teams
• Working with system architects to evolve and improve mobile applications and mobile gateway APIs
• Working closely with Solutions Architects, Team Leads and Technical Integrations team to deliver on business requirements
• Providing work estimates based on analyzed business and technical requirements
• Working closely with QA to identify development and production issues
• Responsible for ensuring work is unit/integration tested and documented Leadership & Management:
• Leading and mentoring development teams, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and fostering a collaborative, high-performing environment.
• Identifying and eliminate roadblocks to maintain team momentum and productivity
• Bridging technical efforts with a deep understanding of the broader organizational and ecosystem context.
• While overseeing multiple projects, actively contribute to ongoing functional work to maintain a balance of strategy and execution.
• Overseeing team capacity, project delivery timelines, and the recruitment process, ensuring the right resources are in place for sustainable success.
• Leading hiring efforts, strategically determining headcount and onboarding top talent to scale team capabilities.

Job Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Have a minimum of 10 years experience in software development
• Have a minimum of 5 years experience in a management role
• Experience in leading and mentoring developers

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Frontend and or Backend Kotlin experience
• RESTful web services
• Relational DBMS, MSSQL
• Microservices architecture and design

ADVANTAGEOUS

• Swift frontend iOS
• Kotlin for Android Development
• Kotlin/Java Spring Boot Backend
• C# .Net Core
• MSSQL/Oracle
• OAuth 2.0 authentication
• Docker
• DevOps methodology including setting up CI/CD pipelines
• RabbitMQ
• Redis
• MQTT
• Azure Cloud Services
• Experience working in Agile methodologies
• Experience using mobile tech stacks and other programming languages.

COMPETENCIES

• Strong and proven leadership qualities
• Ability to communicate about technology in non-technical terms to colleagues and Clients.
• Experienced in staff management (including KPI and skill/growth management)
• Ability to work calmly and methodically when under pressure