Provide input on UX and UI designs to optimise development efforts
Give architectural advice where required
Actively contribute to the entire team of product managers, UX practitioners, software developers and QA analysts and engineers
Continuous self-development and expansion of skills
If you're an intermediate: assist senior software developer to mentor junior team members
If you're a senior: mentor junior team members
Assist with software and product support
Communicate technical needs and risks effectively outside of the team
Be familiar with devops and infrastructure deployment
Write effective documentation for architecture and infrastructure
Skills
Firstly, you need the skills to take on the responsibilities specified above. You should also have some depth of experience in the technologies we generally use, which includes the following:
AngularJS. Other web frameworks (ReactJS etc) may also be applicable
Flutter and Dart for mobile development. Android and iOS native development are also appropriate
API integration through HTTP. REST and REST-like interfaces.
GraphQL integration
Relational databases and SQL
Other databases (time series, graph, document, key-value etc)
Use cloud based infrastructure (AWS and Google). This includes compute and data storage elements.
Communication skills that allow you to collaborate and explain your process, approach and motivation to various stakeholders, including technical and non-technical people.
Able to work well in a team as well as individually.
Excited about learning, pushing technical limits and finding new solutions
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
A propensity to fail fast and learn fast and share both failure and learning with others.
Prioritising learning over being right. Understanding others rather than becoming defensive.
Understanding the value of the client as part of the team rather than us & them.
Qualifications
Relevant B.Sc. or B.Eng. university degree. Good academic performance, exceptional in software development/programming courses AND Minimum 6 years of relevant software development experience
Nice to have
If you tick all the required boxes, the following things will give you an edge:
If you've started your own business before (it does not matter whether it worked out or not)
If you've built and released something of your own
Active contributions to open source projects
A preference for a variety of work and horizontal training over deep specialist skills.