Description
My Client based in London requires an Erlang Software Development Team Leader
We require an experienced software engineer who has experience of creating and supporting high-performance production Erlang applications and leading small development teams. The requirement is likely to be a short term consultancy position, and will be based on client site in the North West London area. The role involves leading a small team of experienced developers who are relatively new to Erlang, giving direction on the technical work, but also leading and mentoring the team with a view to it becoming self-sufficient in a 3 - 6 month period.
The application is a high throughput message handling system, used in the financial payments domain, and so a good knowledge of high performance, scalable and reliable systems development is highly desirable, along with some knowledge of secure systems development, particularly as it relates to the payments industry. An engineering-led approach to software development, with a strong emphasis on the quality of the software delivered will be important in this role.
The primary responsibilities of the person would be:
- Design and software development of an existing message handling application, written in Erlang
- Writing Erlang code for new features and modifications
- Unit, integration and system testing of the application
- Leading a small team, in order to allow them to work consistently and efficiently
- Mentoring other software developers in Erlang related topics to allow them to become self-sufficient in the area of production Erlang applications
Requirements
- 5+ years of Erlang and OTP software development experience, working on production applications
- Experience of supporting production Erlang applications
- Experience of team leading and design as well as programming
- Comfortable with a scrum-based agile approach to software development
- Effective verbal and written communication skills in English
- The ability to mentor others and transfer knowledge to them
- Personable, open approach to dealing with others
- Ability to travel to Endava's nearshore delivery units
Quote Reference:JSPCE0014