About the position
About our client:
Our client is a global investment advisory firm focusing on long-term value creation through investment strategies. They work with a diverse group of institutional partners and pride themselves on their collaborative, sustainable, inclusive culture and performance.
What you will be doing:
- Build and manage a high-performing engineering team, focusing on recruitment, mentorship, and career development. Foster a culture of ownership and psychological safety.
- Partner with the Head of Business Analysis to own the delivery plan, translating business priorities into actionable roadmaps. Ensure predictable delivery through clear metrics and improve incident/problem management.
- Effectively manage an outsourced development partner, overseeing capacity planning and quality. Improve transparency with senior stakeholders through clear reporting and communication.
- Define and execute a modernization plan to improve system maintainability. Key initiatives include refactoring legacy code, standardizing APIs, and improving overall system architecture.
- Drive improvements in reliability and scalability through enhanced observability (e.g., structured logging, tracing, alerting) and robust security practices.
- Elevate the CI/CD pipeline using Azure DevOps/GitHub. This includes introducing automation for builds, tests, security scanning, and implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure consistency across environments.
- Establish and enforce engineering standards for code quality, testing, and branching. Implement robust database engineering practices for SQL Server, including schema versioning and performance tuning.
- Increase automated test coverage (unit, integration, API, UI) and standardize test data management.
- Uphold and enforce security, data privacy, and regulatory requirements (e.g., POPIA). Ensure auditability, segregation of duties, and proper Azure Key Vault management.
What our client is looking for:
- A relevant tertiary Degree would be beneficial (Computer Science, Engineering, etc.)
- Relevant certifications are a plus (e.g., Microsoft Azure Developer/Architect, Azure DevOps Engineer).
- Experience leading a team of engineers, with a focus on setting clear goals, providing timely feedback, and fostering growth.
- Strong background in C#/.NET and Microsoft SQL Server, including performance tuning.
- Proficient in a modern JavaScript framework (Vue.js is preferred, but skills from React/Angular are transferable).
- Practical, hands-on experience with a range of Azure services, including App Services/AKS, networking, monitoring, and security.
- Solid understanding of cloud-specific concerns like identity, secrets management, resiliency, and cost.
- Experience running a predictable delivery cycle using roadmaps and iterative planning. You are comfortable with CI/CD, test automation, and the secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
- Take responsibility for outcomes and follow through on commitments.
- Communicate clearly and can translate technical information for business stakeholders.
- Use a results-oriented approach, seek feedback, and measure outcomes to drive continuous improvement.
- Able to handle incidents and deadlines constructively.
- Experience modernizing legacy systems by using prac
Desired Skills:
- Development Manager
- Engineering Team
- Credit
