Head of Development

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for an experienced APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, who has a strong background in technical skills and development team management experience. The candidate for this position should also leadership skills and have good understanding of SDLC, especially Scaled Agile Framework.
Responsibilities
Technical Appraisal and development review with support from CTO.
Assert leadership over the development function, responsible for output and delivery. HR of team members & team organisation re-structures as necessary.
Liaison for daily technical issues
Provide decisive and effective technical leadership for all software development efforts
Leverage past experience and strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with other teams and departments
Drive software development across multiple teams and phases to ensure that engineering solutions are aligned with business objectives.
Minimize schedule and technical risk by foreseeing and addressing obstacles proactively and aggressively.
Participate in development process by identifying potential weak points. Lead solutions development using technical judgment, input from experts and the involvement of other systems development partners as appropriate.

JOB REQUIREMENT

Bachelor's degree preferably in Information Technology, Software Engineering or experiences in related fields.
At least 8 years of software development experience with 3+ years of software development management experience
Experience of managing, directing and motivating staff to deliver projects with stretching scope and objectives
Solid technical skills, willing to learn new technologies.
Experience with microservices, event driven architecture, saga pattern.
Experience with some of new technologies: Container, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Hashicorp Stack, gRPC, Kafka, etc
Experience with Zero-Trust, Cloud Native Architecture approach
Familiar with Agile Process and Scrum Methodology
Strong interpersonal skills
Demonstrated time management, decision-making, presentation and organization skills
Ability to lead through influence rather than direct authority.
Good problem-solving skills and teamwork spirit
Understand the balance between technical and business decisions.
CAN-DO spirit
Nice to have
5 years’ experience leading software development organizations
Powerful problem-solving, risk assessment and negotiation skills
Experience leading development of complex software architectures and platforms
Technical experience: software product development, enterprise application development, development of customizable software architectures.

WHAT'S ON OFFER

Competitive salary
13-month salary
Extra healthcare insurance
Company outing & team building.
15-day annual leave days
Data 4G allowance
Parking allowance
Taxi allowance
Learning & Development
Company Club
Full time, working hours from 8:30 - 12:00 & 13:30 - 18:00 Monday to Friday weekly

CONTACT

PEGASI – IT Recruitment Consultancy | Email: recruit@pegasi.com.vn | Tel: +84 28 3622 8666
We are PEGASI – IT Recruitment Consultancy in Vietnam. If you are looking for new opportunity for your career path, kindly visit our website www.pegasi.com.vn for your reference. Thank you!

Job Summary

Company Type:

Product

Technical Skills:

Backend, Management

Location:

Ho Chi Minh - Viet Nam

Working Policy:

Salary:

$ 5,000 - $ 8,000

Job ID:

J00869

Status:

Close

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