Lead II – Software Engineering | UST | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Position: Lead II – Software Engineering

Location: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

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Role Proficiency:

Act creatively to develop applications by selecting appropriate technical options optimizing application development maintenance and performance by employing design patterns and reusing proven solutions. Account for others’ developmental activities; assisting Project Manager in day to day project execution.
Outcomes:

Interpret the application feature and component designs to develop the same in accordance with specifications.
Code debug test document and communicate product component and feature development stages.
Validate results with user representatives integrating and commissions the overall solution.
Select and create appropriate technical options for development such as reusing improving or reconfiguration of existing components while creating own solutions for new contexts
Optimises efficiency cost and quality.
Influence and improve customer satisfaction
Influence and improve employee engagement within the project teams

Set FAST goals for self/team; provide feedback to FAST goals of team members

Measures of Outcomes:

Adherence to engineering process and standards (coding standards)
Adherence to project schedule / timelines
Number of technical issues uncovered during the execution of the project
Number of defects in the code
Number of defects post delivery
Number of non compliance issues
Percent of voluntary attrition

On time completion of mandatory compliance trainings

Outputs Expected:

Code:

Code as per the design
Define coding standards
templates and checklists
Review code – for team and peers

Documentation:

Create/review templates
checklists
guidelines
standards for design/process/development
Create/review deliverable documents. Design documentation
requirements
test cases and results

Configure:

Define and govern configuration management plan
Ensure compliance from the team

Test:

Review/Create unit test cases
scenarios and execution
Review test plan created by testing team
Provide clarifications to the testing team

Domain relevance:

Advise software developers on design and development of features and components with deeper understanding of the business problem being addressed for the client
Learn more about the customer domain and identify opportunities to provide value addition to customers
Complete relevant domain certifications

Manage Project:

Support Project Manager with inputs for the projects
Manage delivery of modules
Manage complex user stories

Manage Defects:

Perform defect RCA and mitigation
Identify defect trends and take proactive measures to improve quality

Estimate:

Create and provide input for effort and size estimation and plan resources for projects

Manage knowledge:

Consume and contribute to project related documents
share point
libraries and client universities
Review the reusable documents created by the team

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Release:

Execute and monitor release process

Design:

Contribute to creation of design (HLD
LLD
SAD)/architecture for applications
features business components and data models

Interface with Customer:

Clarify requirements and provide guidance to Development Team
Present design options to customers
Conduct product demos
Work closely with customer architects for finalizing design

Manage Team:

Set FAST goals and provide feedback
Understand aspirations of the team members and provide guidance
opportunities
etc
Ensure team members are upskilled
Ensure team is engaged in project
Proactively identify attrition risks and work with BSE on retention measures

Certifications:

Obtain relevant domain and technology certifications

Skill Examples

Explain and communicate the design / development to the customer
Perform and evaluate test results against product specifications
Break down complex problems into logical components
Develop user interfaces business software components
Use data models
Estimate time and effort resources required for developing / debugging features / components
Perform and evaluate test in the customer or target environments
Make quick decisions on technical/project related challenges
Manage a team mentor and handle people related issues in team
Have the ability to maintain high motivation levels and positive dynamics within the team.
Interface with other teams designers and other parallel practices
Set goals for self and team. Provide feedback for team members
Create and articulate impactful technical presentations
Follow high level of business etiquette in emails and other business communication
Drive conference calls with customers and answer customer questions
Proactively ask for and offer help
Ability to work under pressure determine dependencies risks facilitate planning handling multiple tasks.
Build confidence with customers by meeting the deliverables timely with a quality product.
Estimate time and effort of resources required for developing / debugging features / components

Knowledge Examples

Appropriate software programs / modules
Functional & technical designing
Programming languages – proficient in multiple skill clusters
DBMS
Operating Systems and software platforms
Software Development Life Cycle
Agile – Scrum or Kanban Methods
Integrated development environment (IDE)
Rapid application development (RAD)
Modelling technology and languages
Interface definition languages (IDL)
Broad knowledge of customer domain and deep knowledge of sub domain where problem is solved

Additional Comments

Responsibilities:

Translate functional requirements to design.
Work with technical SMEs to understand their requirements and ensure these are met.
Define best practices and standards for application implementation.
Identify and define implementation patterns
Lead activities to build accelerators and tools to increase the quality of deliverables.
Define new development frameworks, libraries, utilities etc.
Work with cross functional teams to facilitate the development of the product.
Ensure the quality of deliverables of the teams.
Provide technical guidance to development teams
Lead a team of senior junior developers at onshore/ offshore.
Perform other duties as assigned or requested. Technical Experience: Must have:
8+ years of IT experience Demonstrable experience in Core Java (1.8 or higher).
Expertise in Spring framework, Spring boot, Web Services (SOAP/REST), JMS and RDBMS.
Must have experience in deploying using CI/CD tools, Docker, Kubernetes.
Experience in developing and deploying in cloud provider platforms preferably AWS.
Expert in providing API contracts and definitions in Open API specifications using Swagger.
Experience in development using CI/CD with Gradle, Junit, SonarQube, Git & Jenkins.
Excellent knowledge of design patterns and its usage in projects.
Must have worked on Test Driven Development approach.
Experience in developing on microservices based architecture. Desired skills :
Experience developing enterprise application using Agile methodologies.
Knowledge on enterprise integration patterns using enterprise service bus, API Gateway etc.
Knowledge on using tools such as Kibana, Splunk, Grafana, Kafka.
Experience in defining new frameworks, utilities, library etc.
Experience in performance monitoring and Payment industry would be an advantage.
Experience in Onshore/offshore business model