Node Architect

Brief DescriptionOverview This position is for a Technical Lead responsible for leading a team that works on long-term software projects for U.S and Japanese clients. The job location is Trivandrum, India. He/ she will be communicating with the client representatives, both for technical and management aspects. Communication will be through various modes of collaboration, including web conferences, emails, and other web tools. Work involves requirement elicitation, software architecture design, performing reviews, resource planning and project estimation. He/ she will be responsible for taking each assigned task to completion, ensuring the quality of deliverables. Should have self-initiatives, decision-making and self-directing capabilities to work with minimal supervision and a “go-getter” attitude.   Job Responsibilities  Perform software requirements analysis and determine the functional and non-functional requirements of the project.  Analyze requirements and create solutions and software architecture design.  Work breakdown, task estimation and scheduling tasks for the team.  Perform reviews and provide technical guidance for the team  Communicate with clarity of requirements and expectations of deliverables.  Planning, delegation and tracking of all project activities.  On-time delivery of the product with quality  Identify possible risks and prepare contingency plans.  Work closely with stake holders, including customers to ensure successful execution of the project.  Manage priority changes and conflicts gracefully with stakeholders involved.  Address customer escalations and be able to think at a fast pace to identify and solve issues in the product.  Proactively use/ suggest tools and systems to improve quality, productivity, etc.  Stay up to date on relevant technology and process advancements.  Preferred SkillsQualifications and Requirements  10+ years’ experience in software development involving multiple modules/ components.  Good understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC), version control and traceability.  Experience in developing software under Waterfall and Agile development methodology.  Strong knowledge in any of the front-end (React/Angular) and any of the backend technologies (Node/.NET Core/Java/Python)  Strong knowledge in requirement analysis and flexible in customer communication  Knowledge in cloud(AWS or Azure) will be a plus  Knowledgeable and well versant with various development tools for designing, coding, debugging/ troubleshooting, testing, bug tracking, collaboration and source control.  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering discipline - Computer/ Electronics.   Knowledge, Skills and Abilities  Proven capabilities for team leading.  Demonstrable knowledge of large software system design, development and maintenance lifecycles.  Ownership of technical product delivery and quality of work involved.  Outstanding attitude and energy to explore unfamiliar software implementations and troubleshoot issues.  Strong interpersonal skills to get things done as a team.  Flexible to work in a distributed and collaborative global team environment across time zones.  Excellent written and oral communication skills. Experience communicating with USA/ European teams will be an added advantage.  Hardworking with “whatever it takes” attitude.