Tech Lead (FinTech/Investments)

The Company

We are a privately held Financial Services Group that operates in Investment Services Payments and Fund Administration. With roots dating back to 1971 the Group today is evolving at a fast pace whilst keeping the same core principles that of providing clients the best service using the latest technology and the top professionals in their field.

Our application is a multi-award-winning finance platform that allows individuals and businesses to easily manage all their financial needs from daily payments to investments to treasury and wealth management we have got you covered.

We are committed to attracting and selecting the very best people to join our team and to creating a workplace that promotes individual career growth; we value our people and their well-being. The group employs 200 people from over 30 countries around the world with Assets Under Management and Administration of over 3 billion.

Role Overview

We are currently working on a number ambitious and exciting projects that will catapult Moneybase internationally and we are utilising the very latest technologies to get there. As we continue to grow sustainably a new position has arisen for a Tech Lead - Investments reporting directly to the Product Manager.

The Tech Lead role forms part of an agile development team building and working on enterprise grade software systems on top of the development stack. The Tech Lead will provide technical and team leadership through coaching and mentorship

Duties & Responsibilities

• Define user stories tasks and timelines that need to be carried out in line with assigned projects. Guide team development efforts towards successful and timely project delivery in line with the team sprint goal
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship
• Through daily stand-ups ensure that all team members are aware on the different areas team members are working upon
• Ensure knowledge of solutions under the responsibility of the team is extended across team members
• Escalate with HR and Head of Software when team members are not performing to agreed standards and levels
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits. Ensure to set clear benchmarks through software being used to oversee quality including Sonar Cloud quality gates and code reviews
• Fully own together with the team the solutions under responsibility including daily monitoring creation and maintaining of dashboards create KPIs and alert thresholds to be proactive towards production issues
• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team and fostering an environment for collaboration and good team spirit
• Foster an environment for collaboration and good team spirit
• Collaborate with other software developers business analysts and software architects to plan design develop test and maintain business applications. Develop refine and tune integrations between applications
• Assist in the collection and documentation of users requirements together with Business Analyst
• Analyse and resolve technical and application problems. Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties
• Be involved in recruitment of new team members through interviews and assessments
• Keep up to date with latest trends within software development

Experience & Education

• Educated to Degree level in software development
• Experience in a banking/financial services company is a must ideally with experience in investments
• At least 10 years experience in software development using C#/.NET and SQL Server technologies
• Experience in a variety of software development approaches and methodologies
• Experience in requirements capture analysis techniques and process improvement approaches

Skill Requirements

• Experience of people management and the ability to lead and influence others
• Experience in formal personal development planning and individual team and process performance management
• Proven experience in leading and managing the delivery of system/software development projects in a structured environment
• Excellent personal organisation and ability to prioritise and carry out multiple tasks
• Able to influence and drive projects to meet key milestones and overcome challenges
• A desire to remain technically capable and an expert in current technologies

Benefits

• Ongoing internal training
• External training opportunities
• Study Leave
• Sponsorship schemes for further studies
• Opportunities for career growth
• Free health insurance
• Mental health package
• Performance bonus
• Employee referral incentive