Leading TV and Mobile Broadcaster is looking to hire a Senior Software Development Team Lead to be responsible for a team of talented developers who specialise in building world-class mobile and interactive TV services. You will be offering technical leadership, be responsible for the Architecture and designing the platform, overcoming performance and scalability. You will lead 10 Software Engineers who will develop on a Linux/Java platform you will be an advocate of Agile, and understand Object Oriented code, and lead SCRUM sessions.
We are looking for a Platform Services Team Leader You will inspire the team through your own technical expertise and possess the qualities to stand out as a leader. Your understanding of the technology landscape will help us navigate through the challenges and define our long-term strategy. As an advocate of agile methods you will fit right into our way of doing things and will share our belief in the principles of collaboration, communication, trust, simplicity and continuous improvement.
The role is working in a back end java development aimed at delivering interactive TV & Mobile solutions. Ideally you will come from a Mobile or TV background. You will be looking after the Platform (Linux based) and the software running across it. (There is currently being deployed a new infrastructure platform)
You should bring the following qualities:
· Technical leadership
· Understanding of design
· Offer Technical direction
· 1st line management / leadership
· Roll up their sleeves and get stuck in!
A must have is the agile experience. You need to have the Scrum / Agile experience, automated testing, TDD etc
Types of projects the Platform services is involved in:
· Interactive TV – Sports & Betting
· Broadband enablement of applications
· Social networking
· News services
· Mobile services – football scores to your I-phone, video clips, subscriptions, hosting mobile homepages like News, news on android etc
Your responsibilities will include:
· Delivering robust, reliable and scalable interactive and mobile products and services
· Ensure the correct infrastructure is in place to host these services and effectively maintain and evolve the platform
· Drive the effective application of Scrum and instill best practice in the team including test driven development, continuous integration and pair programming
· Participate in software architecture and design, applying and encouraging good software engineering principles
· Manage technical relationships with key customers, partners and suppliers
· Use effective leadership techniques, such as coaching and mentoring to support and motivate the team towards maximum performance
· Provide regular status updates on current development activities at appropriate levels of detail for stakeholders, technical teams and the wider business.
· Play an active role in the management of project and team costs
To be successful in this role you will demonstrate:
· In depth understanding of Java, JEE, Spring and ideally administration, build and deployment of Linux OS, Java middleware and MySQL & Oracle.
· Integration technologies including web services, ESB and message queues and familiarity with tools used for testing and continuous integration
· Software architecture and design couples with an appreciation of systems design and server virtualisation using VMWare.
· Experience in agile development using Scrum and Extreme Programming and ideally have previously undertaken the role of Scrum Master. We are looking for someone with the ability to lead & mentor a team to meet and exceed targets.
· A proven track record in delivering world class Java based solutions for content management, online transactions and other large scale integration projects
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