First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria’s largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi. Since its establishment in 1894, FirstBank has consistently built relationships with customers focusing on the fundamentals of good corporate governance, strong liquidity, risk management and leadership. Over the years, the Bank has led the financing of private investment in infrastructure development in the Nigerian economy by playing key roles in the Federal Government’s privatisation and commercialisation schemes. With its global reach, FirstBank provides prospective investors wishing to explore the vast business opportunities that are available in Nigeria, an internationally competitive world-class brand and a credible financial partner. The Bank has been named "The Best Bank Brand in Nigeria” four times in a row - 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 - by the globally renowned "The Banker Magazine” of the Financial Times Group; and "Most Innovative Bank in Africa” in the EMEA Finance African Banking Awards 2014. FirstBank’s brand purpose is to always put its customers, partners and all stakeholders at the heart of its business, even as it is poised to standardise customer experience and excellence in financial solutions across Sub Saharan Africa, in consonance with its brand vision "To be the partner of first choice in building your future”. Our brand promise is to always deliver the ultimate "gold standard” of value and excellence. This commitment is anchored on FirstBank’s inherent values of passion, partnership and people, to position our customers first in every respect.
JOB OBJECTIVE(S)
The Software Development Team Lead will be part of an agile development team, building and working on enterprise grade software systems on top of the Microsoft .NET development stack. The Software Development Team Lead will provide technical and team leadership through coaching and mentorship.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
- Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship
- Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
- Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
- Collaborate with othersoftware developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain w business applications
- Assist in the collection and documentation of user'srequirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans.
- Prepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation, and maintenance ofsoftware.
- Design, develop, and unit test applicationsin accordance with established standards.
- Participate in peer-reviews ofsolution designs and related code
- Package and support deployment of releases.
- Work with teammatesin the migration of legacy applications to current technologies.
- Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.
- Analyze and resolve technical and application problems.
- Assess opportunitiesfor application and processimprovement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties
- Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on time and on-budget. Provide third-level support to business users
- Research and evaluate a variety ofsoftware products.
- Develop new user-facing features
- Build reusable code and librariesfor future use
- Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
- Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
- Assure that all userinputis validated before submitting to back-end Provideslevel 3 supportfor production applications
- Maintain confidentiality of all Information entrusted while delivering projects.
- Complywith the principles and policiesin the Information Security Handbook.
- Performs other functions as may be required for the business to achieve itsstrategic objectives.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education
- Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in Computing or related disciplines
- Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage
Experience
- 5+ years’ experience as a Software Developer
- Prior experience in a technical leadership position
Method of Application
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