Development Team Lead

GulfTalent

Dubai, UAE

Ref: GP474-184

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

GulfTalent is one of the largest online recruitment portals serving the Middle East region, with offices in Dubai and London. Founded in 2005, it is now used by over 5 million individuals and 6,000 companies. To support our continued growth, we are looking for an experienced Development Team Lead to join our team.

Reporting to the Managing Director and working alongside another team lead, the role will be responsible for building and maintaining the company's online product. The successful incumbent will take a first-hand approach to providing strategic insight around the ongoing potential of the company's online platform and will be offered extensive opportunity to work with, and aid in in the develop of, a dedicated team of developers.

Key responsibilities will include:
- Managing the entire software development lifecycle including technical analysis, architecture design, software development, QA and release to production
- Managing mostly front-end development, based on PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other technologies as needed, e.g. Angular JS, Bootstrap
- Providing organisational as well as technical leadership to the team including motivating and coaching the team, workflow management and monitoring, maintaining quality standards, and direct hands-on involvement in critical or challenging problems
- Interacting with various stakeholders as needed including senior managers, sales team, end users and technology partners
- Making recommendations on technology and infrastructure choices faced by the business, based on in-depth reviews and analysis of available options
- Involvement in selection and management of technology partners and service providers
- Involvement in interviewing and selection of new technical hires, as well as performance reviews and appraisals of team members

Requirements

- Previous experience of managing front-to-back software development lifecycles
- Some knowledge of PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular JS and Bootstrap
- Proven leadership experience and the ability to manage senior stakeholders across all areas of the business
- An ongoing commitment to providing a market leading service for internal stakeholders and for our international community
- Degree from a leading university, ideally in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, but other subjects will also be considered
- Deep personal interest in following new trends and technologies

About the Company

GulfTalent is one of the largest online portals serving the Middle East region. Founded in 2005, it is now used by 10 million individuals and 9,000 companies.

GulfTalent is run by a seasoned team of young professionals with diverse backgrounds across different industries, including management consulting, private equity, finance, e-commerce, information technology, education and recruitment. The team also brings together a wealth of international experience across four continents.

This is your chance to join a growing company and a winning team, and to work with creative, hard-working individuals in a fast-paced, energizing environment. Team members benefit from extensive training, excellent learning opportunities, competitive compensation packages and rapid promotion.

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