Technical Leader

Development of backend systems (web service APIs: Rest APIs or SOAP APIs, chat system, web applications such as Java/JSP) with following responsibilities:

• Requirement development: ensure the requirement of system/project is enough clear and they are transferred to all members of team/project via Scrum planning or meetings.
• Design phase: knowledge of database design, system design and the architecture of the system.

- Understand and follow/feedback database design, architecture design, framework/libraries of projects.
- Review/feedback sequence diagrams for other members’ tasks (if need).

• Coding (CD) phase:

- 50% - 80% effort for coding + fix bug + code review (similar responsibility as senior backend engineer).

• Unit Test (UT) phase.

- Ensure that members apply unit testing framework/library (JUnit, Mockito, TestNG, ….) if the customer requests or the quality of project is high.
- Ensure the testing coverage (%) as requested.

Integration Test (IT): ensure that the whole system (modules, 3rd party) is integrated as the functional requirement.

• Project Management:

- Plan multiple projects simultaneously.
- Reviewing project planning for team/project.
- Estimates, tracks & completes project on time and within budget.
- Monitor team/project status through daily meeting, review activities: check task status (quality & schedule), detect & raise risk & issue; analyze impact; follow up countermeasures action items.
- Weekly report: Summary status, help needed.
- Organize knowledge sharing activities & skill-up activities.

• People Management:

-  Show members that you trust them, they will take ownership of their own work and only look to you for advice when they need it.
- Stay patient and calm during the most trying of circumstances. (ex: members are losing their cool).

• Good communication: ability to get along with others, ability to persuade others, ability to get others to listen to your ideas, clarity of what you say.
• Leadership Skills: give members what they need to succeed, be optimistic, give praise where praise is due to PM/EM.