LEAD DEVELOPER COVER LETTER TEMPLATE

• Working with the existing team to help reverse engineer the current application stack and document the output with a view to supporting the future vision
• Contribute to and review architectural designs, governance and standards
• Review business requirements and translate these into technical deliverables, collaborating with architecture, security and external partners
• Facilitate design sessions and document detailed designs and estimations
• Develop and contribute to prototypes and Poc’s
• Collaborative working across teams (onshore and offshore) to develop the requirements and support solutions
• Provide guidance and model delivery excellence within the area of expertise
• Facilitate release management activities, ensuring controlled and timely deployments within a continuous integration environment
• Serve as a subject matter expert on items related to development and integration

Skills: Application Architecture, Reverse Engineering, Technical Design, Requirements Translation, Prototype Development, Cross-Team Collaboration, Release Management, System Integration

• Take part in the development of applications within the company
• Understand and analyze internal customer expectations, design and code the application
• Provide support, maintenance and revision and training services for existing applications
• Inform customers, teammates and managers about the software development process
• Be open to development and follow new technologies and adapt them to company's needs
• Guide, direct and develop the young members of the application development team
• Share preferred software development design and coding principles with them
• Guide the team in creating effective and repeatable software development applications
• Develop and improve software for both customer-facing and in-house use
• Manage the development team in the design, development, coding, testing and debugging of applications
• Coordination between outsourcing software developers and company resources
• Coordinate the schedule of the application development team and ensure effective communication between team members and other IT functions

Skills: Application Development, Software Design, Customer Requirement Analysis, Application Maintenance, Technical Communication, Team Leadership, Coding Standards, Development Coordination

• Manage in-house development and the underlying technology infrastructure
• Design and implement a customer-facing front end
• Implement more advanced machine learning clustering models
• Ensure a constant follow-up of new features and smooth client service delivery
• Maintain data integrity and complete back-end functionality
• Proactively lead the technical team, incl. hiring and onboarding
• Defining technical direction and architecture for the product to make it scalable and evolvable as the company grows to a €100 million business
• Defining the product roadmap in collaboration with the management team
• Managing and mentoring the development team, and hiring as the team grows
• Implementing new features and continuous improvements to the product
• Developing and defining best practices for maintaining product quality (e.g., TDD, DevOps, refactoring, etc.)

Skills: Technical Leadership, Frontend Development, Machine Learning Models, Backend Architecture, Data Integrity, Product Roadmap, Scalable Systems, DevOps Practices

• Adhere closely to the testing and site optimization roadmap while meeting deadlines and project timelines
• Develop, test, and assist with QA of front-end code within a variety of platforms and environments
• Coordinate with a project manager to ensure all site optimization tickets are completed per stakeholder requirements
• Refine processes to efficiently facilitate testing and optimization efforts at scale
• Create and implement a process for adherence to high-quality code and bug-free releases
• Understand and prioritize tickets within project management tools to assign appropriate-level tasks to all team members
• Lead a growing team of developers
• Encouraging and fostering the professional growth of the team
• ­Lead on the development of greenfield functionality and features for an exciting software product
• Mentor and support a team consisting of a Senior Developer and a Junior Developer
• Focus on the creation of reliable and scalable code
• Implement best practices and methodologies across the development team

Skills: Frontend Development, QA Testing, Site Optimization, Process Improvement, Code Quality, Team Leadership, Scalable Code, Agile Delivery

• Design and build applications for web-based platforms
• Modify, code, test, debug, and maintain a wide array of software
• Database creation, integration, and management
• Work with the project development team to write, develop, and maintain high-quality components using appropriate code language
• Participate in development by actively writing code, conducting unit testing, and performing code reviews
• Create testing environments with detailed test plans to technical specifications and test cases based on software/hardware requirements to determine bugs and whether the product improves efficiencies
• Prioritize and manage multiple projects within design specifications, timelines, and budget restrictions
• Analyze and evaluate existing or proposed systems
• Develop and configure mission-critical applications and/or web portals
• Identify, diagnose, and resolve potential and evident system problems
• Provide troubleshooting support
• Prepare systems specifications, project plans, and other internal documents
• Ensure users and partners understand the nature of work being performed, as well as timeframes and milestones
• Provide regular status updates to project managers

Skills: Web Application Development, Software Testing, Database Management, Code Review, System Analysis, Troubleshooting Support, Project Coordination, Technical Documentation

• Marketing Campaign Management and Analytics
• Lead transformation initiatives such as Cloud native solutions, DevOps, advanced analytics, and intelligent automation
• Collaborate with Product and Solution Managers on the technology roadmap
• Collaborate with solution engineering teams and architects
• Ensure synergy and consistency across solutions (in terms of technology and architecture)
• Help evaluate and make decisions on technologies, tools and overall technology strategy
• Performs design and code reviews for team members
• Train, conduct interviews and build new high-performance front-end teams

Skills: Marketing Analytics, Cloud Transformation, DevOps Strategy, Technology Roadmap, Solution Architecture, Technology Evaluation, Code Review, Team Building

• Hands-on full-stack developer, including strong front-end development capability and a good understanding of UX
• Management responsibility of a small team of developers and one UX/UI designer
• Work with the Solution Development management team to plan and schedule work, manage the pipeline and backlog and ensure optimum productivity across the team
• Responsible for building, maintaining and supporting both enterprise and client-facing applications
• Collaborate with Business Relationship Managers and Solution Designers to turn concepts into practical solutions for relevant business challenges
• Run software development using modern DevOps methodologies to increase efficiency and productivity
• Scan and leverage cross-industry trends in new and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science to apply in the context of accountancy and professional services
• Provide proactive maintenance on support issues to ensure delivery of excellent customer service
• Act as the technical point of contact when collaborating with external vendor partners and work with them to leverage their development capabilities

Skills: Full Stack Development, Frontend Engineering, UX Awareness, Team Management, DevOps Practices, Application Support, Technology Innovation, Vendor Collaboration

• Understand, apply, and create high-level architectural design and patterns
• Actively guide and challenge intermediate and junior developers
• Set standards (coding and otherwise) to ensure the quality of solutions and team efficiency
• Research new technologies and set the technical direction for the team
• Stay up to date with the Cloud, Python and/or JS community
• Implement and take ownership of the existing functionality and extend it to add more value to the bot platform
• Scaling of existing solutions, designing and implementing new architecture for the backend (monolith to microservices, event-driven architecture, etc.), as well as the frontend (microfrontends)
• Interact with other teams for solution design decisions, and planning/defining the implementation details

Skills: Software Architecture, Design Patterns, Technical Leadership, Coding Standards, Cloud Technologies, JavaScript, Microservices Architecture, System Scalability

• Design, develop, integrate, and support high-volume customer-facing web channel applications, comprising client, server and database components
• Work with product owners and be responsible for the delivery, ongoing success and continuous improvement of a discrete set of products or business services
• Work with the product owner to ensure that work is deconstructed and translated into development activities across the team
• Ensure that high levels of automation are implemented and maintained across the teams
• Work closely with Business Analyst, Quality Assurance, Infrastructure and Operations teams to deliver high-quality web systems
• Work with the onshore and offshore development team to deliver the IT Project
• Manage the technical delivery of small to medium-sized projects
• Publish technical specifications and support documentation
• Follow documented standards for development, code promotion, and change management
• Learn and apply new technology
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to support new or revised business processes
• Suggest and implement continuous improvements to reduce ongoing support demand

Skills: Web Application Development, System Integration, Product Delivery, Process Automation, Cross-Team Collaboration, Technical Project Management, Technical Documentation, Continuous Improvement

• Work closely with the EPAM Business Leaders and Consultants during the sales process (solution definition, pre-sales, demos, estimating and project planning)
• Play as a Technical advisor to CIO/CTO/EA level contacts on regular Salesforce Audits and Discovery Phases, focusing on system performance, scalability, security
• Lead technical design sessions and document technical solutions that are aligned with client's business objectives
• Determine which Salesforce and third-party technologies to leverage in the customer's architecture landscape, based upon product knowledge, industry experience, industry standard EA frameworks, and Salesforce EA methodologies
• Manage the design, development, integrations and deployment of scalable and well-documented solutions on the Salesforce platform for global companies with multiple locations and entities
• Perform routine review of code, configuration, data, and usage to ensure long-term viability, integrity, and adoption
• Serve as a subject matter expert on Salesforce technology and AppExchange tools
• Participate in practice activities for POC, building accelerators, mentoring and coaching other developers, etc.

Skills: Salesforce Architecture, Pre-Sales Support, Technical Advisory, Solution Design, System Scalability, Code Review, AppExchange Tools, Developer Mentoring

• Being part of the Toxic Access Management (TAM) team, collaborate, track and monitor TAM-related initiatives and onboarding of applications
• Coordinate, appropriate integration, and synchronization of key deliverable timelines
• Service implementations and contribute to enhancements resulting in better service and optimization
• Responsible for business applications onboarding to Toxic Access Management service via establishing, documenting and communicating with Business, relevant stakeholders and consumers
• Address as subject matter experts with varying levels of the Toxic Access Management Process
• Address and work as part of an integral team
• Ensuring efficient and effective communication
• Work with senior leadership to understand priorities and closely coordinate with business to onboard mission-critical services and to meet the set objectives of the organization
• Provide guidance and Subject matter expertise to business and process owners

Skills: Toxic Access Management, Application Onboarding, Stakeholder Coordination, Service Optimization, Process Documentation, Subject Matter Expertise, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Executive Communication

• Translating high-level concepts into concrete technical designs
• Thought leadership on bringing new technologies into the organization to solve problems
• Leading architecture and design competency for the automation technology stack
• Build lean tech stacks, but ones that scale up to solve global problems
• Working with other developers from other teams to apply AI to other systems
• Proactively identify and address technical strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats across the automation landscape
• Hands-on ability to quickly lead, design and build POCs
• Strategy for managing the changes to the architecture (new business needs, technology changes, etc.)
• Maintain architectural documentation in accordance with the team standards
• Explain architecture standards and recommendations to business partners and drive alignment

Skills: Architectural Design, Technology Innovation, Automation Strategy, Scalable Architecture, AI Integration, Technical Risk Assessment, Rapid Prototyping, Stakeholder Alignment

• Contributes and leads development through high-quality software design and architecture
• Designs, develops, and delivers software solutions that align with architecture, operational and risk processes
• Identifies, prioritises, and executes tasks in the software development life cycle (Agile)
• Develops tools and applications by producing clean, efficient code
• Works closely with Index Management and Index Review business to deliver products, services, enhancements, and solutions to meet customer needs and align with the goals of the business line
• Automates tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
• Ensures high-quality product through the validation and verification testing of functional and non-functional requirements
• Collaborates with internal teams (including Product Owners/Business and Client Analysis) and vendors to fix and improve products
• Communicates with clarity, precision, and influence, presenting complex information in a concise format that is audience-appropriate
• Provides expert technical leadership 
• Quickly turn around to business needs by coming up with POCs

Skills: Software Design, Agile Development, Code Optimization, Task Automation, Business Alignment, Quality Testing, Technical Leadership, Rapid Prototyping

• Provide technical Leadership to inspire teammates to think outside the box as they deliver high-quality software solutions
• Work with business stakeholders, project managers, business analysts, and other IT teams to understand the business needs and their requirements
• Work with a nimble team of software engineers and enterprise architects to ensure the solutions meet business needs using Agile methodologies in a fast-paced environment
• Create technical system specifications and ensure documentation remains current throughout all phases of the SDLC
• Raise opportunities, enhancements, and process improvements
• Communicate timely status, including any potential risks/issues of the assignments, to management
• Research, design, define, develop, test, document and implement new service APIs or changes to existing services
• Participate in test planning, development, and execution for integration and system testing

Skills: Technical Leadership, Stakeholder Collaboration, Agile Development, System Documentation, Process Improvement, API Development, Risk Communication, Integration Testing

• Learn new software tools and skills 
• Keep up with technologies
• Provide mentoring to other development staff on technical topics
• Support and maintain applications utilizing required tools and technologies
• Ensure applications are scalable and operate efficiently in the production environment
• Research issues across multiple key systems and databases
• Assist customers and team members with issue resolution and problem-solving
• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide system support outside of normal working hours

Skills: Technical Mentoring, Continuous Learning, Application Support, Production Maintenance, Scalability Assurance, Issue Resolution, Cross-System Troubleshooting, On-Call Support

• Advanced understanding of Angular 9+, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• Strong proficiency in developing responsive, single-page web applications using HTML / CSS
• Experience with both developing and consuming reusable web components
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Confluence, etc.
• Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)
• Experience consuming RESTful APIs
• Hands-on experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible
• Experience using mocking frameworks and unit test frameworks
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints
• Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment

Qualifications: BA in Digital Media with 5 years of Experience

• Experience with C++
• Experience with C++ 11/17 coding standards
• Experience with CMake
• Experience with multithreading/multiprocessing mechanisms
• Experience with Git and CI/CD
• Familiar with code review practices
• Proficiency in problem-solving and troubleshooting technical issues
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum environment
• Well-developed communication and teamwork skills
• Excellent organizational, time management, prioritization, and multi-tasking skills
• Experience in an Automotive project
• Experience with Yocto
• Experience with Python on a regular level
• Experience with Docker
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Qualifications: BA in Web Design with 6 years of Experience

• Strong experience in Python
• Experience in AWS-Glue, Lambda functions, Redshift and S3, AWS-Catalog and AWS-DQ, Scala 
• Experience in leading teams of data engineers and software developers
• Previous experience designing and architecting event-driven microservices applications
• Experience working with Python frameworks such as Django, FastAPI, and/or Flask
• Experience with GraphQL and RESTful APIs
• Libraries' experience with either numpy, pandas, matplotlib, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow
• Knowledge in Spark, R and Matlab
• Familiar with A/B testing, pattern matching and fault diagnostics

Qualifications: BS in Computer Science with 3 years of Experience

• Java development experience while utilizing one or more of these technologies such as Spring Boot, Java, Spring MVC, Angular, JPA, REST APIs, MySQL
• Experience working in an Agile-based development environment, using Agile concepts such as Continuous Integration, CI/CD, TDD (GitHub, Jenkins)
• Must have certification in Azure
• Experience in PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry)
• Working experience in IT
• Experience in the retail industry (luxury retail)
• Solid experience in working with Xstore Suite (Xadmin, Xcenter, Xservices, Xenvironment, Xstore, xMobile, Tablet)
• Familiar with PL/SQL, ORACLE and exposure on Bitbucket, JIRA
• Strong knowledge of payment Integration with EFT Link/AJB to Third parties like SixPay, TenderRetail
• Extensive knowledge of retail POS processes, including customer-facing (sales and returns management, promotions and pricing, loyalty, etc) and back-office (cash management, opening and closing)

Qualifications: BS in Software Engineering with 4 years of Experience

• Experience in Java development
• Experience of leading a team of Developers
• Experience with Microservices
• Experience with AWS
• Experience in Agile development techniques like Scrum or Test-Driven development
• Exposure to Git, Maven, Cucumber, Sonar or JIRA
• Good communication skills
• Deep understanding of the LAMP (Python) stack
• Knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, or CSS

Qualifications: BS in Information Technology with 3 years of Experience

• Experience developing mobile applications within the Android OS for devices or tablets
• Excellent technical knowledge of Java for Android
• Demonstrates strong experience/knowledge of the Android SDK
• Good understanding of software development best practices
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Extensive UI Design experience
• Strong knowledge and understanding of different Android platforms
• Profound knowledge of PHP (v5+), MySQL, MongoDB, Redis 
• Experience working with PHP frameworks such as Symfony (3+) and ZF (1+)
• Experience in front-end JavaScript (not only jQuery) and CSS knowledge
• Experience in designing internal APIs (RESTful), working with JSON and XML and using external APIs
• Excellent analytical skills and a service-oriented, self-responsible, and target-oriented approach to work

Qualifications: BS in Computer Engineering with 6 years of Experience

• Hands-on experience in the IT field
• Solid experience as a solution and platform architect, providing technical leadership and guidance in designing enterprise software
• Proven track record in managing multiple projects in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment
• Experience in Machine Learning, techniques, algorithms, and natural language processing
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services
• Certifications in multiple cloud platforms
• Experience supporting continued maintenance of an application, designing and implementing change requests and new features as requested by the business
• Experience working in an Agile Scrum / DevOps development methodology
• Experience working in a multinational, distributed team, with in-house and external delivery resources
• Ability to communicate technical topics to a business audience
• Able to collaborate across all levels of the organization

Qualifications: BS in Network Engineering with 5 years of Experience

• Hands-on experience with relevant applications
• Proficient in one or more modern JS Frameworks, e.g., React.js, Vue.js, etc.
• Strong Q/A experience and attention to detail
• Experience connecting back-end systems using API’s
• Experience working with social networking API’s such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.
• Flexible to adapt quickly to changing priorities within a very dynamic environment, work under pressure, solve problems and deliver on required timelines
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Demonstrated experience with design best practices across all work delivered

Qualifications: BS in Game Development with 3 years of Experience

• Solid experience with VFX/animation/gaming tools or equivalent
• Experience in designing and creating systems, tools, and assets for production
• Extensive technical knowledge of common production pipeline requirements
• Experience with 3D pipeline integrations (Python, C++, third-party APIs)
• Ability to collaborate and offer solutions with great problem-solving skills
• Excellent computer science fundamentals, including algorithms and data structures
• Hands-on experience implementing modern software architectural principles
• Knowledge of Maya
• Experience working in a technical leadership role on one or more agile teams in a product model

Qualifications: BS in Human-Computer Interaction with 4 years of Experience

• Experience leading a technical team, mentoring, facilitating technical discussions and setting direction
• Able to be a proactive problem-solver who can engage with (internal and external) customers to understand requirements and find solutions to their problems
• Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical team members
• Ability to challenge and hold peers and stakeholders to account
• Ability to learn and assess new technologies and reach considered recommendations
• Knowledge of JavaScript Front End technologies, e.g., React.js and Back End technologies, e.g., Node.js
• Knowledge of preparing user stories and acceptance criteria
• Comfortable working in a transformational environment, undergoing a continual change of people, processes and technologies
• Good knowledge of working with version control (git)
• Strong time management skills, with the ability to work under tight deadlines
• Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical audiences
• Must have technical coaching skills

Qualifications: BA in Interactive Design with 6 years of Experience

• Formal experience managing software developers 
• Demonstrable experience mentoring and providing leadership to other developers - able to guide, teach and do
• Strong troubleshooting, tracing and debugging skills
• Experienced and happy to mentor team members
• Experience with requirements management, backlog grooming and leading the development to meet specifications
• Advanced knowledge of typical patterns, core libraries and frameworks
• Object-Oriented Analysis, Design and Implementation skills
• Working SQL Knowledge
• Demonstrably strong skills in Enterprise Java
• Comfortable working with legacy back-end 
• Experienced and comfortable with
• Previous experience working in an Agile environment

Qualifications: BS in Robotics Engineering with 5 years of Experience

• Experience working in application development
• Good knowledge of Spring Framework
• Knowledge of Apache Tomcat, IBM WebSphere
• Experience working with SOAP Web Services, Enterprise integration patterns
• Familiar with tools such as Eclipse IDE, Git, and Apache Maven
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools like Git
• Experience with integration and error handling of REST and SOAP APIs
• Basic understanding of the front-end technologies
• Experience working with agile methods

Qualifications: BS in Cloud Computing with 3 years of Experience

• Experience in managing a web software development team
• Familiarity with Ruby on Rails as the Hive web platform is built using Ruby/Rails
• Familiarity with other web frameworks such as React, etc
• Familiarity with AWS Serverless technology is an advantage, especially in terms of web architecture as British Gas is moving in that direction
• Comfortable working with Git and GitHub
• Solid understanding of the HTTP protocol and REST APIs
• Solid understanding of web security concepts such as CSRF and SQL injection
• Familiarity with SQL and relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
• Understanding of modern consumer website technologies, such as CDNs and third-party marketing and analytics scripts delivered via a web tag management system
• Understanding of related web technology such as content management systems (i.e., Contentful) and a/b testing and personalisation tools (i.e., Adobe Target)
• Previous experience working in an agile environment (e.g., SCRUM, Kanban) 

Qualifications: BS in Computer Systems Engineering with 6 years of Experience

• Architect-level understanding of multi-tier web applications and services
• Experience in designing and delivering scalable, distributed web applications
• Solid experience with NodeJS, ReactJS, and MySQL
• Experience with AWS (Dynamo DB, Lambda, S3, Gateway API)
• Self-starter, great sense of responsibility, team player
• Excellent communication skills in English, both spoken and written
• Experience in web development
• Experience in managing projects and developing product roadmaps
• Highly organized and able to multitask
• Self-driven and proactive

Qualifications: BA in Graphic Communication with 4 years of Experience

• Proficiency with languages such as PHP, NodeJS, and Angular
• Experience in software development, working through the design, development, release cycle, deliverables, and evaluation of software products to market
• Proven success as a technical team leader
• Ability to write reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Familiarity with version control (Git)
• Full-stack proficiency
• Experience with application hosting and deployment (AWS, Google, other)
• Database administration experience (i.e., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL, MongoDB)
• Ability to multitask and work with a team to meet deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail 

Qualifications: BS in Embedded Systems with 5 years of Experience