Development Lead

Primary Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership & Team Management

• Direct and manage a team of software engineers through the complete SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), from requirements gathering to deployment and support.
  
• Provide mentorship, technical direction, and career development guidance to team members to foster growth and performance.
  
• Conduct code reviews, establish engineering KPIs, and enforce development standards.
  

2. Project Ownership & Engineering Oversight

• Take full ownership of the design, implementation, and delivery of high-impact software projects, ensuring adherence to scope, quality benchmarks, and delivery timelines.
  
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, UX/UI designers, QA engineers, and other stakeholders to refine requirements and drive sprint planning.
  
• Architect scalable, maintainable, and secure software systems while establishing and enforcing development best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines.
  

3. Hands-On Software Development

• Contribute actively to the codebase, particularly focusing on architecturally significant components and complex features.
  
• Lead problem diagnosis efforts, resolve system-level technical issues, and optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability.
  
• Troubleshoot technical issues, identify performance bottlenecks, and implement solutions .
  

4. Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Translate functional and business requirements into robust technical specifications and architectural blueprints.
  
• Communicate project updates, technical risks, and mitigation strategies effectively to internal leadership and external stakeholders, maintaining alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
  

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 7

  + years of professional experience

  in software development, including

  1-2 years in a technical leadership role

  .
• Strong proficiency in

  Microsoft .NET technologies

  including:

• .NET Core, .NET Framework

• C#, SQL, Entity Framework

• Xamarin

  ,

  jQuery

• Proven experience in delivering scalable, production-grade software solutions.
  
• Excellent analytical, architectural design, and decision-making skills.
  
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  
• Bachelors or Masters degree in

  Computer Science

  ,

  Software Engineering

  , or a related technical discipline.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Familiarity with modern DevOps methodologies including

  CI/CD pipelines

  ,

  infrastructure-as-code

  , and

  automated deployment strategies

  .
• Practical experience with

  cloud platforms

  such as

  Microsoft Azure

  ,

  AWS

  , or

  Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

  .
• Exposure to

  microservices architecture

  , containerized deployments using

  Docker

  , and orchestration via

  Kubernetes

  .
• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior developers, resolve team conflicts, and foster a high-performing engineering culture.