Company: Cathay Pacific
Closing Date: "No Closing Date Stated"
The Position:
- The innovation centre is a newly established team within Cathay Pacific's IT division. The team will focus on researching, introducing and delivering new technologies into Cathay Pacific's business and IT environment, with initial focus on web and mobile solutions.
- Team will focus on two major areas 1) Designing, building and delivering B2C, B2E and B2B web applications/interfaces 2) Prototyping web applications.
- As web development lead you will be responsible of leading a very energetic team to design, build,test and deploy web applications/interfaces and prototypes using Agile methodologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the over-all development life cycle of web applications/interfaces and prototypes using Agile methodologies
- Lead the team to develop the best technical design and approach for web development
- Will lead to investigate web application/interface design approaches, prototype and evaluate technical feasibility.
- Work closely with the senior developers and architects to architect and develop the best technical design and approach for mobile/tablet applications
- Lead and manage internal and external development resources for assigned projects that are aligned with company strategic directions.
- Participate in the organization and planning of development schedules
- Assist development teams with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition
- Empower the teams to self-organize; facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
- Organize and facilitate daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings with Scrum teams and/or federal clients
- Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress; update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product, release, and sprint backlogs.
- Identify and remove impediments; prevent distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal
- Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
- Assist with internal and external communication to provide transparency
- Adapt project plans, schedules, and resource assignments as required to respond to emerging requirements and risks
- Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices; maintain process documentation
Job Requirements :- Minimum 8 years experience in web development with at least 2 years Agile/Scrum experience
- Bachelor’s / Master’s degree (or equivalent education qualifications) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related disciplines
- Solid knowledge of development methodologies, specifically Agile/Scrum
- Proficiency in, at least, one modern programming language such as C, C++, C#, Java
- Development experience on web platforms such as IBM Websphere, J2EE, content management systems such as Adobe CQ5
- Ability to take raw product requirements and develop software architectures and designs to bring them to life
- Excellent technical communication with peers and non-technical cohort
- Strong track record of project delivery for large, cross-functional projects
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Experience developing software foundations and environments for application development
- Experience with web services technologies such as SOAP, HTTP, WSDL, XSD, and REST
- Ability to work closely with developers to understand their needs and issues and to develop cooperative solutions
Cathay Pacific is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with our personal data policy and for recruitment purposes only. Candidates not notified within eight weeks may consider their application unsuccessful. All related information will be kept in our file for up to 24 months. A copy of our Personal Information Collection Statement will be provided upon request by contacting our Data Protection Officer.
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