Project:
More than 5 end-to-end teams that make up the tribe and ensure the release of non-credit bank products (deposits, debit cards, insurance, ...) in various digital (mobile application, web) and non-digital channels. iOS/Android mobile development is in native languages, web projects are in Angular, the main backends on Java (Spring, SpringBoot, ...). Everything is spinning in docker.
Role:
- Senior IT expert leading the engineering craft, capacity mgmt., coordination, and technology roadmap delivery; is the de-facto Tech co-lead for the Tribe
- Has background in IT Execution, with hands-on experience in programming, and with CI/CD, who understands modern architecture patterns, the digital technology space, and is capable of simplifying and decoupling legacy systems. Also familiar with information security vulnerabilities and risk management.
- Provides technical expertise within their business domain, including management of engineering competences needed to deliver & support business solutions efficiently
- Drives engineering practices, tooling, and craft towards best-in-class DevOps; ensures tech dependencies across squads and tribes are visible and squads own coordination of their work
- Typically a dual-hat role, acting as Chapter Area Lead (CAL) for engineering Chapter Leads (CL) within his/her tribe
- 100% dedicated role to lead engineering competency & practices within a Tribe, and to support the Tribe Lead in realization of business objectives (whether dual-hat or not)
Responsibilities:
- Participate in planning, definition and high-level design of solutions; explore software solution alternatives, assist Squads to identify the right technologies and ensure sound architectural decisions
- Work with CL and / or squad members to ensure support model is considered and modelled as part of the design process
- Support squads in adhering to architecture & engineering governance and control processes
- Drive an engineering culture of continuous improvement (CI) based on data, e.g. IT Performance metrics
- Manage cross-tribe technological interdependencies
- Support squads during release preparation and planning
- Ensure technical debt and associated impacts are visible to the tribe
- Determine the necessary technology competencies for Squads together with the Tribe Lead, TO and IT Chapter Leads
- Support the embedding of IT performance metrics to help squad members understand how they drive overall tribe performance
- Drive architecture, competences, and tooling to enable Cl/CD
Required skills and characteristics:
- Willingness to “roll up” their sleeves to support squads / individuals
- Ownership of technological approaches, and cont. Improvement
- Leader and facilitator — not shying away from decision making, seeks to align organization on complex technical decisions
- Demonstrates a passion for creating a learning organization
- Enterprise-awareness in critical thinking, problem solving and decision making on technical solutions (i.e. thinks beyond own area)
- Leads workshops, leverages others to identify technical risks & relentlessly mitigates these by delivering the ‘tough stuff’ early
- Bridges the gap between business strategy to technical solutions
- Supports & coaches business decision makers (e.g. Tribe Lead) with technology considerations, with clearing the way’ mentality
- Encourages good design, refactoring and tech. debt elimination
- Takes ownership to push identification and evaluation of best technical solutions, however, not taking accountability from squads
- Has a clear vision regarding up and coming trends and capabilities that can create competitive advantage for the organization
- Seen as an expert of the tech landscape in the business domain
- Helps squads managing tech dependencies across IT landscape
- Optimizing flow; owning Cl improvement items that impact flow of work inside and outside the squad
Would be a plus:
Knowledge in Finance and Banking sectors
We offer you:
- Remote work
- Excellent modern office on Podil in Kiev (Kontraktova square)
- Flexible schedule
- Friendly team with team buildings
- Conferences, trainings, English courses
- “white” salary
- medical insurance