Job Description

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Head of Software Development

Roles and Responsibilities

• Management of development teams responsible for designing, developing, testing and supporting the software assets in an Agile and Waterfall environment

• Responsible for driving development teams and technical strategy across multiple platforms, including Web, Android, and iOS in multiple languages.

• Drive the design and architecture of the software assets to ensure that it is most up-to-date, leveraging the latest best practices

• Lead software engineering teams based in various parts of the world (eg. Singapore, Malaysia, China, India) in the development of software assets

• Drive technical vision, technology stack selection and R&D of emerging technologies as it relates to financial technology and ecosystems (API-driven)

• Partner product owners and business stakeholders to deliver the necessary digital solutions

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

• At least 10+ years of relevant application development experience of mission critical systems from scratch, including experience in mobile and web applications development

• Experience in leading the various development practices

• Experience in large-scale development using some of the following technology stack:

• Java, Javascript (AngularJS, ReactJS)

• iOS, Android, ReactJS (Flux, Redux)

• Kafka, Redis, MariaDB, NoSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment both as an individual contributor and as a technical lead

• Extensive, demonstrable experience in building complex consumer facing digital products and internal facing systems across web and mobile applications in demanding environment.

• Experience in a leadership position responsible for building, motivating and leading high performing development teams

• Ability to lead high performance technology teams by example

• Knowledge and hands-on experience in API management platforms, API design standards, patterns, best-practices, API governance, API security standards and implementation (Oauth, OpenId)

• Very strong analytical skills to be able to manage complex problems using a number of techniques.

• Ability to demonstrate influencing and negotiating skills to align potentially conflicting views with internal and external stakeholders.

• Effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin to liaise with Mandarin and English speaking teams.