Lead Software Engineer - Kolkata - Sunquest @ Sunquest International

• Agree with the product manager how the product roadmap flows down to the sprint planning.
• Organize the workload of the team. Initiates the planning and follow up, based on sprints. Prepares the start-up and closure meetings of the sprint and chairs the daily stand-up meeting.
• Commit with his team to the proposed planning, escalate on time when planning is jeopardized.
• Measure the velocity of the team in order to improve estimate and planning correctness.
• Find the right balance between corrective and functional work.
• Tracking the project progress at the development plan level, to report back into the software project plan.
• Monitor project queue for new tasks and assign to appropriate developer. Commit to release planning and ensure follow-up.
• Close collaboration with the other development and test team leaders and Development Manager/Director, as well as other departments. Exchange information and best practices.
• Hold regular team meetings, yearly individually appraisals and 1-ls when necessary.
• Balances team expectations with management expectations in a professional way, communicates well in both directions. Is aware of the company values and lives up to it.
• Monitor and attempt to improve the development process of our products.
• Define and guard the processes that deliver quality software by the team, meeting the requested standards of the product and company.
• Ensure that the input for his team is of sufficient quality:
• Functional specifications are adequate for development to start.
• Where necessary ensure that any necessary technical design specifications are written, and reviewed prior to development.
• Incidents contain the essential information in order to unambiguously understand the issue/question.
• Overall responsibility for the quality of the code delivered by the team. Makes sure development guidelines, coding standards, quality guidelines and principles are set up and followed.
• Follow up of incidents and issues, assigns them to the appropriate team member.
• Follow up of escalated incidents, consult other teams, take appropriate actions and organize IRBs. Works very independent with his team, makes sure product evolves with a healthy balance between corrections and functional improvements. Gives feedback and advice about the product to the Product Manager.

Technical Skill Set

Greater than five years as a lead experience

• Proven track record of managing small to medium sized teams
• Organize workload of the team
• Track DVLP progress (MIA)
• Escalate when needed
• Responsible for quality of code
• Ensuring coding conventions /development guidelines (in consultation with lead architect )
• Front end and back end experience
• Generic DVLP approach
• MS SQL database
• Test services ,Azure is a plus
• [Infragistics /TX text control /MS power platform ]
• Excellent English spoken and in writing
• Excellent reporting skills ,in writing and presentation
• Agile/scrum experience is A plus
• UI/UX design experience is A plus

Experience

• Experience in product software Environment.
• Experience with LIS or LIMS is advantage.
• Experience with managing development teams .
• Experience with 3GL and object oriented languages.
• Experience with 4GL development (progress) is an asset.