Team Lead - Software Development

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Prometric (www.prometric.com) is the recognized global leader in technology-enabled assessment services, providing Remotely Proctored, Internet, computer-based testing solutions, and paper-and-pencil. It offers a fully integrated next generation testing systems that include candidate scheduling, test development, test delivery, and data management capabilities. On behalf of 600 current clients in the academic, professional, government, corporate and information technology markets, Prometric develops and/or delivers assessments through a global network of testing centers in 132 countries as well as direct to candidates via the Web.

The Software Development Team Lead will be responsible for mentoring, managing, and leading a team of developers and SDETs to achieve efficient delivery of time-boxed software releases, ensuring high quality and innovative feature development.   They will collaborate with Product Owner and Architecture Team to design and develop highly performing enterprise systems that help grow the business. Team lead will practice disciplined software engineering (e.g. automated testing, code reviews, and writing simple, pragmatic code) and grow the technical expertise and development practices of their team.

The Prometric agile development primarily leverages C#, .Net, .Net Core, ASP.Net, MVC, HTML5, Angular, Bootstrap, React, NodeJS, Typescript, CSS3, RESTful WebAPI, WCF Web Services, Entity Framework,  SQL Server, Azure, and Hadoop (Java)

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the team to develop robust, scalable, well-designed software that delivers great value to the business, focusing on security, quality, and maintainability
• Deliver on planned feature development and lead the team during PI planning events
• Evangelize best software engineering practices by participating in software code reviews and through continuous process improvements
• Mentor junior software developers on design patterns, development best practices
• Research/Introduce new tools and processes that lead to improved quality and efficiencies
• Provide guidance on approaches or alternate solutions within the development team
• Liaise with Architecture teams and other teams leads to evaluate and introduce new technologies into system designs
• Undertake team one to one meetings and take ownership of goal setting for team members

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent in work experience
• Self-motivated and have a proven track record of leading teams developing complex software with a strong background in software engineering principles
• Experience in high scalability projects involving cloud-based infrastructure design and implementation as well as optimization and performance tuning
• Solid understanding of Web Services protocols such as REST, SOAP and API design for extensibility and portability
• Solid understanding of the Software as a Service (SaaS) model
• Experience with version control and branching (e.g. Git, GitFlow)
• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies
• Communicates effectively with non-technical audiences, able to explain complex technical concepts to peers
• A flexible, open-minded leader who is able and eager to learn new domains quickly
• Ability to demonstrate strong problem-solving ability and analytical skills
• Passionate about building high-quality systems with software implementation best practices while leading and mentoring a team of developers

DESIRED SKILLS

• Working experience in cloud ecosystem (Azure, Google Cloud, AWS), Docker, Kubernetes is a plus 
• Experience working with Azure DevOps
• Understanding and experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Familiarity with PCI and/or FISMA (or similar) compliance standards preferred
• Experience working with CMMI