Deploy is a technology services company headquartered in Austin, Texas with offices in Los Angeles, New York, and Belgrade. We are currently looking for a Technology Lead to join our team in our Belgrade office.
Technology leads at Deploy play both a strategic and tactical role on projects at Deploy. As the most senior team member on a project, they are responsible for ensuring that scopes line-up with strategic business goals as well as making sure that our delivery meets the highest quality standards we expect of our work.
Leads should have a strong understanding of the product design and agile development practices as well as keen business analysis skills. Leads are ultimately great communicators, flexible in their approach and can work with both technical and non-technical audiences to communicate project priorities, status and goals at any given time during a project's lifecycle.
Given that our Leads are the main point of contact for the technical aspects of a project, some travel to the US and within Europe depending on location of the client for key meetings, presentations and conferences will be required from time-to-time.
Responsibilities:
- Work with the engineering team to develop technical requirements and system specifications based on project business goals.
- Evaluate vendor and 3rd party documentation and technical requirements when/as needed
- Accurately estimate work timeframes and collaborates with project resource planning to ensure allocations sync up with project requirements and budgeted scope
- Serve as the primary contact and liaison for any third-party project vendors; identify integration points when they exists, document accordingly and plan risk mitigation accordingly
- Serve as the main point of contact point throughout all project phases - design, planning, implementation, integration and deployment
- Quickly assess any existing or potential areas for problems, identify their root causes and outline available solutions then take appropriate action to resolve, mitigate and/or escalate before they become problems
- Stay up to date on the latest technology trends and solutions
Qualifications:
- 6-8+ years in a senior developer or project lead role
- Expert-level knowledge of object-oriented design concepts, various frameworks, data storage implementations, enterprise design patterns and web protocols
- Senior knowledge of industry best practices such as Service Oriented Architectures and design
- Strong ability to analyze business requirements quickly to determine and assess feasibility
- Strong knowledge of programming languages such as Java, C# or PHP
- Advanced ability to propose alternative solutions and cost-benefit analysis
- Proven experience in defining the tools and technologies used to implement large-scale solutions
- Strong knowledge of Web 2.0 technologies including AJAX, social networking and blog platforms, widget development, mobile and emerging digital interfaces
- Strong familiarity with various UML forms and expertise in the development of use cases, class diagrams, state diagrams
- Experience working with enterprise level CMS systems, e-commerce platforms and enterprise search solutions
- Experience working with a team and playing a lead role (e.g. scrum lead)
- Detail oriented with strong follow-up skills
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
- Bachelor's degree preferred
Some travel may be required to participate in in-person working sessions and meetings with clients and stakeholders based overseas in the US and other parts of Europe as needed.
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