Technical Lead

Job Description

This position is primarily responsible for designing, developing and maintaining Epiq Systems enterprise level software solutions and also leading a team of other developers.Job Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into intuitive software solutions
• Own work items across User Story(s) and complete them.
• Sprint (Iteration) Planning ensure thorough and detailed planning for every Sprint including QA activities in alignment with Dev deliverables.
• Resolve technical issues for the team and coach junior members to scale up on technology, design and implementation approaches.
• Participate within an Agile (Scrum) development team
• Collaborate with fellow IT and software developers both off-shore and on-shore while building knowledge base
• Participate in technical design discussion and hands-on solution implementation
• Document technical issues and resolutions identified during implementation of user story(s), resolving configuration and deployment issues and share them with the team.
• Keep a critical eye on new design specifications and raise quality, performance or architectural concerns
• Mentor other developers with a constructive, results oriented technical approach
• Decisiveness- Makes well-informed, effective and timely decisions even when data is limited or solutions produce unpleasant consequences; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; has the ability to make tough decisions.

Qualifications and Skills

• 10+ years of Software development experience with Java
• Experience with the following technologies: J2EE, Spring, Struts, Camel, WildFly, EJB
• At least 2 years of Software development experience with Python
• Professional experience using JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Knowledge of C# or C++ is desired, but not required
• Experience with Django is a plus
• Experience working with an RDBMS as a Software Developer; such as MySQL, Oracle or SQL Server
• Experience working with source control management software such as Git and TFS.
• Experience working with ALM tools such as VSTS or Jira.
• Strong oral and written communication skills are a must
• High energy, proactive and approachable personality who enjoys solving diverse problems
• Proven problem-solving abilities and creative thinking
• Ability to positively interact with all members of development team and product teams
• Thorough understanding of object-oriented development theory
• Self-starter capable of working on small teams in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of concurrent programming challenges: multi-threading, race conditions, deadlock, semaphores, etc.
• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or M.S. in Computer Science

Leadership Competencies:

• Integrity - Behaves in an honest, fair and ethical manner; shows consistency in words and actions; does what she/he commits to doing; respects the confidentiality of information or concerns shared by others; is honest and forthright with people; carries his/her fair share of the workload; takes responsibility for own mistakes.
• Client Focus - Takes action with the clients, both internal and external, and sees their needs as a primary focus; builds a sustaining collaborative and productive relationship with clients; seeks to understand client situations, issues, expectations, etc.; takes appropriate action to meet client needs and address concerns; implements or utilizes methods to monitor and evaluate client feedback.
• Results Driven - Sets stretch goals for personal and team accomplishment and works tenaciously to achieve those goals; acts with a sense of urgency; takes the initiative on actions; identifies what needs to be done and takes action before being asked; does more than what is normally required in a situation; establishes metrics to monitor progress and measure success; maintains focus by avoiding or overcoming roadblocks.
• Entrepreneurial Orientation - Proposes innovative business opportunities/ideas to customers and business partners; encourages and supports entrepreneurial behavior in others; demonstrates willingness to take calculated risks to achieve business goals.

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Keyskills :
rdbmsmultithreading gitj2ee