Senior Lead Developer (Front-End)

Senior LEAD Developer (Front End)

We are seeking a technical senior Lead developer with at least 6 years' experience across different industry domains. The candidate will be responsible for directing Front End development teams who are mostly off-shore. This candidate will also be responsible for designing, documenting, supporting and implementing suitable enterprise applications. Working within an "Agile" Development Environment, the candidate will become part of a team of Software Engineers, working with cutting edge technology across multiple platforms.

The successful candidate will bring a strong technical web and mobile background with the ability to deliver Applications across numerous platforms. Although, this is not a hands-on coding role - our expectation is that the senior lead must be capable of coding, with solid problem-solving skills and also have the ability to communicate, enthusiastically, clearly and concisely to other senior and engineering leads with the team. This would also include communication to other functional leads.

Essential Technical Skills & Knowledge
- Good track record in software development, with evidence of delivering multi-component, scalable applications.
- Good track record in Front End development using CSS and JavaScript including jQuery. You can code clean, semantic and very accessible code that is totally cross browser and standards compliant.
- Good knowledge and skills in HTML5 and CSS3
- Good knowledge of UI and UX disciplines

* Good knowledge of repositories such as SVN
* Good working knowledge of JSON and XML essential
* Good working knowledge of Flex and Flash
* Good working knowledge of Frontend Technologies such as category AJAX

Desirable Skills & Knowledge
- Good knowledge of working within a Continuous Integration or Continuous Deployment environment.
- Good knowledge of XML/XSLT.
- Good knowledge of repositories

* Good knowledge of process automation engineer such as GRUNT, YEOMAN or similar
* Good knowledge of Testing/Unit such as Testing JS, Jasmine, Mocha, Handdlebars

Duties & Responsibilities
* Provide technical leadership and take ownership for the technical development project/program delivery of component design, development and maintenance
* Lead and guide development partners in conjunction with the Vendor Management division
* Day to day management of external (offshore) development teams
* Initiate and manage Code Reviews
* Weekly Reporting to Team Lead
* Proven understanding of project tracking and Agile development methodologies
* Work closely with the team to solve problems, transfer knowledge, and develop overall product architecture, where required.

Essential
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Multimedia, or comparable industry experience
* At least 6 years software development experience across different industry domains
* A minimum of 3 years proven leadership/management experience of technical teams from a resource management and technical team management perspective
* Excellent oral and written communication skills with fluency in English essential
* Knowledge of software development methodologies (Agile/Scrum/Test Driven Development)
* Knowledge of Front End development frameworks
* Ability to advise development leads on project deliveries from early conceptual stage through to completion.
* Skilled in delivering quality products using latest technologies such as HTML5, FLEX, jQuery, JavaScript.
* Ability to work under short deadlines and co-ordinate development schedules
* Must be able to work with a team of developers (both internal and external) on multiple projects simultaneously

If you are interested and available, please forward your updated CV