Tech Lead

Job Description Digitech Marketing company is looking for a tech lead to drive a small team of developers to innovate and enhance an i-gaming platform product which will be used both internally and as white label by partners. As a Tech Lead you would be primarily focused on leading the technology within the team. The primary role responsibility is to guide the team in technical matters to achieve successful delivery of quality solutions. Duties and Responsibilities The roles main responsibilities are: Technical Expertise Understand deeply the software development lifecycle, principles and the technologies used. Encourage best practices, provide support and guidance, as well as share the understanding new technologies and trends. Architecture Be responsible for the overall design and definition of the system architecture, be involved in key technical decisions and evaluating trade-offs, considering performance, scalability and work towards a solution that provides the team with a system that is simple and effective. Quality Assurance Be responsible for the overall quality of a system or service, and so theres often a need to set and enforce quality standards. This includes talking to the team about best practices and being involved in Code Reviews to promote maintainable, scalable code, and adhere to the best practices. Collaboration Bridge the gap between the business and the technology, helping to translate business requirements to the team and vice versa, communicate technical challenges and limitations to the business. Team responsibilities Since this is a very small team, the time invested to team management is expected to be short, but from a responsibility perspective they would still belong to the tech lead. Delegating tasks Time management and reporting Team performance evaluations Required Skills From a skills perspective, a successful candidate possesses the following skills: Software architecture Knowing how to organize functionality in systems and subsystems systems and their relationship to each other. Knowing how to define the external properties of the hardware, Overseeing the construction of the software according to the architecture and provide technical direction to the team. Analytical thinking Making educated decisions about complicated technical aspects of the products and ensuring adherence to the technical direction laid out by the executive managers. Problem-solving Finding solutions to programming or software limitations and solving hard to find glitches with novel ways. Attention to detail Being able to notice the nuances of the technical solutions to ensure a high quality output from the team. Coding Being able to use at least PHP, JavaScript and HTML to be able to contribute to code reviews and ensure adherence to the technical direction and best practices. The tech stack includes Laravel and React. Leadership Being able to support the time to ensure they have the resources and time to do their work well. Desirable Skills Technologies, concepts and domains that we will be working with to create our media platform, knowledge of which would be highly desirable: Design and Development of Complex Distributed Real-Time Systems Microservices Payment systems Service Oriented Architecture Concurrent Processing and Multi-Threading High Availability Domain Driven Design