Job Description
A successful high-tech company is recruiting an R&D Team Lead. The role involves:
- Ownership on our collection systems technology & architecture. Designing and developing technical projects, and leading the team’s technical strategy for our collection tech stack.
- Troubleshoot, monitor, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure healthy optimization and functionality.
- Oversee and own the professional and personal development of the team and drive them for accountability and excellence.
- Run bi-weekly sprints and manage quarterly planning.
- Collaborate closely with the product team.
- Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle.
Requirement
At least 5 years of software development/engineering experience.
At least 2 years experience of Python development.
At least 2 years experience of leading a team.
Experience working on high-scale, production-grade projects.
A people oriented with strong soft skills who is capable of managing complex projects, thinks creatively and is great at execution.
Demonstrable knowledge of technologies including: Linux, big data systems, distributed applications, REST architecture and common developer tools (code repositories, building tools, etc.).
Deep knowledge of web, internet structure and understanding of data pipelines.
Experience with crawling technologies - Big advantage.
We are now also open to conversions from other languages that are high level and object oriented such as JAVA, NodeJS, Go (it is still important to have some experience in Python, even at the level of writing scripts or being willing to do a task in Python 3.9).