Technical Lead - AI Technology

Job Description

Role purpose The Technical Lead is an experienced senior level developer with a background in systems management, agile methodology and operational ready products (DevOps). The role will be responsible for the development of our AI Innovation Platform and providing knowledge on efficient development practices, with proficiency in Full-Stack development. Managing and developing teams is a key success factor for the role, as well as effective stakeholder management and interacting with agronomists and product owners. Accountabilities Lead the design and architecture of the AI Innovation Platform ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance. Collaborate with development teams to understand requirements and provide architectural guidance and support. Define and promote best practices for software engg development utilizing AI helping to upskill our teams with new design and architectural patterns. Stay up to date on latest trends and new technologies in the AI space, evaluate their potential to introduce into our ecosystem based on their potential impact. Work closely with Product and Business stakeholders to understand the needs of the business and engineering teams ensuring the platform meets the needs of the users. Define implementation approaches, algorithms, and code structures to meet requirements. Architect experience and responsibility includes defining, prototyping and recommending the technology solutions, detailing the implementation design and identifying interfaces with other products for integration. Derive architecturally significant software requirements both functional and quality attributes. Technical discussions with project partners in globally distributed team. Knowledge, experience & capabilities Very strong understanding of Full-Stack development using ReactJS and either Python, Java, or Node. js Very strong understanding SQL and NoSQL databases Very strong understanding of automation and CI/CD (test and build automation) Good understanding of designing RESTful APIs Good understanding of Micro-service architectures and Containerization Good understanding of cloud architectures, including AWS Experience working with Agile methodology Prior experience managing or leading a team Critical success factors & key challenges Strong algorithm design, logical and reasoning skills Ability to deliver POCs, MVPs, Experiments, technology evaluations following design thinking practices Ability to orchestrate efforts needed to prioritize business initiatives across complex change agendas Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to explain technical information to individuals who dont have the same technical background Problem solving and decision making skills Teamwork, team management and leadership skills Innovations Employee may, as part of his/her role and maybe through multifunctional teams, participate in the creation and design of innovative solutions. In this context, Employee may contribute to inventions, designs, other work product, including know-how, copyrights, software, innovations, solutions, and other intellectual assets.