VP of Software Engineering Job, Kenyan Current IT Vacancies,
About the Role
You will manage and recruit a team of Backend and Frontend Software Engineers. As a coach and mentor, you will guide the team towards advancing Amitruck’s mission and business objectives. As a leader within the Engineering Department, you will ensure consistent practice of Amitruck’s engineering processes and standards. You will report to the CTO and collaborate cross-functionally with all teams across the continent.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a team of Back-end and Front-end Software Engineers to execute on current roadmap
- Recruit, mentor, coach and level-up a team of backend and front-end engineers
- Effectively partner with Product management team to achieve Key Results
- Review design documents, do code reviews and weigh in on tech implementation choices
- Support and collaborate with cross functional teams (Operations and Customer Service, Product, Sales ,Growth and Finance ) to ship scalable software solutions
- Work on High Level Technical approach and feasibility review for new key initiatives
- Effectively manage and drive the engineering team to achieve results while adhering to Engineering principles
- Provide guidance on squad staffing changes, comfortably handle change management and reduce context switching for the team.
Review architectural changes to our platforms and provide guidance on the same
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on technical management
- 5+ years coding in one of the following languages: Java, Python, Node JS
- 5+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager with People management skills
- Demonstrated ability to recruit and manage technical teams, including performance management
- Developed and launched large scale consumer applications on Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) using microservices architecture paradigm
- Experience with designing tables/schemas in relational database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MS SQL)
- Working knowledge in REST API development for Mobile/Web use
- Hold your own in technical discussion, be a subject matter expert, and have strategic influence
- Expert proficiency in Agile development process
- Excellent ability to prioritize and communicate in a fast-paced environment
- BS/BA degree in Computer Science or related fields
- Bonus: Experience in predictive analysis and machine learning
- Bonus: NoSQL databases
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Cynthia Chebet2022-03-07T09:38:43+03:00
https://jobcenterkenya.com/amitruck-vp-of-software-engineering-job/
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