Lead Software Engineer

DDNStorageis the world leader in high performance and massively scalable data management and storage solutions that accelerate business results and scientific insights for data-centric organizations worldwide. Our unified, end-to-end platform uniquely addresses the tiered storage and large scale data management demands of mixed workloads, multiple collaborative data centers and Web and cloud environments. Across traditional and commercial high performance markets, customers rely on DDN Storage to solve the most demanding big data problems in industries such as cloud, online content and social networking, security and intelligence, life sciences, finance, energy and media production.

Job Location : Pune

Position: Team Lead

Overview

A suitable candidate for this position is someone who has some background, or experience in product development in the storage domain. The candidate is expected to lead from the front.While the candidate may not be required to get down to coding and testing, team members must have the confidence to approach the candidate with problems, if any, and seek solutions. A good candidate must be intuitive and be proactive to take effective stepsin case of critical issues so that the product release maintains its quality and standards. This role is a balancing act between your technical and management capabilities to meet the organizational goals.

Core Competencies

1. Technical Expertise

• Proficient in handling the most complex of technical development concepts, strong database concepts.
• Strong Experience in either frontend technologies like Angular7+, Html5, CSS, and JavaScript, or proficient in backend technologies like Golang/Python.
• Full Stack Developer skills are a huge plus
• Experience in building distributed systems is not mandatory, but an advantage.
• Good handle and experience with Testing methodologies and product release processes
• Understands different programming languages and the ability to solve problems in coding, testing, and deployment.
• Possesses good knowledge of different software systems, client/server architectures.
• Experience in troubleshooting, software development processes and ability to understand and implement product feature requirements.

1. Management Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with the team, Product owners and clients
• Understand requirements, coordinate with resources and plan team activities.
• Track execution progress using Agile and Scrum Methodology.
• Prepare and share weekly status reports
• Delegate and allocate responsibilities efficiently to manage engineering delivery of the product release

1. Leadership

• Effectively lead teams and inspire others to achieve goals through innovation, quality, and excellence
• Ability to identify the strengths and weaknesses of team members and suitably make changes if required
• Resource management skills and ability to handle complex / sensitive issues
• Encourage team interaction, boost employee motivation and appreciate team contribution
• Ability to match project tasks with opportunities for development so that employee potential is utilized to the maximum

Roles and Responsibilities

Technical

• Must ensure teams follow the correct procedures, policies and documentation requirements across software development phases
• Able to guide the team through the development, testing and implementation stages and review the completed work effectively
• Provide direction and technical expertise in design, development and systems integration
• Able to make quick decisions and solve technical problems to provide an efficient environment for project implementation
• Identify resource requirements, Risks, and dependencies. Efficient planning and tracking

Management

• Ensure standard operating procedures and project guidelines are in place
• Task allocation and performance evaluation of team members
• Project scheduling and release management
• Make presentations on project status to senior management
• Conduct regular meetings with other related development teams, Product managers.
• Conduct daily scrum and track project progress in JIRA/RALLY
• Interview candidates
• Identify areas of improvement, give feedback and recommendations during team appraisal cycles
• Provide an efficient working atmosphere to project teams and ensure objectives are met within the stipulated time.
• DDN has a very strong orientation towards these 4 characteristics and any successful employee will demonstrate these capabilities:

Self-Starter - Takes independent action to identify and solve problems. Seeks out relevant information needed to make decisions. Gets involved with new initiatives.

Success/Achievement Orientation - Delivers quality results consistently. Targets, achieves (or exceeds) measurable results. Sets challenging goals, focuses on critical priorities, and is accountable.

Problem Solving - Recognizes problems and responds with a systematic assessment that identifies and addresses cause of issue. Practical, realistic, and resourceful.

Innovative - Builds and improves key business processes that enhance the effectiveness of DDN. Generates new ideas, challenges the status quo, and solves problems creatively.

DataDirect Networks, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender, sex stereotyping, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.