Lead II - Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities:

Excellent programming skills on the iSeries platform – Analyze and create new programs using RPG, RPG ILE, SQLRPGLE, and Control Language (CLP/CLLE).

Very good knowledge of SQL concepts – Analyze and modify complex SQL queries, embedded SQL in SQLRPGLE, Cursor programming.

Database Concepts – Create and analyze physical files, logical files, SQL tables, indexes, views, stored procedures.

Good working knowledge in screen programming – Display files, subfiles, and printer files.

Document business rules effectively and create data mapping documents after analyzing program flows and data flows.

ILE Programming – Analyze and create program modules, binding directories, and service programs.

Working knowledge of Message Queue (MQ), MQ Trigger, and embedding XML tags in RPG Programs.

Good communication skills; the job will involve owning a project task completely based on communication with the analysts at the client site.

General Information

Expectations from this role include acting creatively to develop applications by selecting appropriate technical options and optimizing application development, maintenance, and performance by employing design patterns and reusing proven solutions.

Account for others' developmental activities; assist the Project Manager in day-to-day project execution.

Interpret the application, feature, and component designs to develop them in accordance with specifications.

Code, debug, test, document, and communicate product, component, and feature development stages.

Validate results with user representatives, integrate, and commission the overall solution.

Select and create appropriate technical options for development, such as reusing, improving, or reconfiguring existing components while creating solutions for new contexts.

Optimize efficiency, cost, and quality.

Influence and improve customer satisfaction.

Influence and improve employee engagement within the project teams.

Set FAST goals for self.

Typical performance measures include adherence to engineering process and standards (coding standards), adherence to project schedule/timelines, number of technical issues uncovered during the execution of the project, number of defects in the code, number of defects post-delivery, number of non-compliance issues, percent of voluntary attrition, and on-time completion of mandatory compliance trainings.

Performance Areas:

Code

Code as per the design.

Define coding standards, templates, and checklists.

Review code – for team and peers.

Documentation

Create/review templates, checklists, guidelines, standards for design/process/development.

Create/review deliverable documents such as design documentation, requirements, test cases, and results.

Configure

Define and govern configuration management plan.

Ensure compliance from the team.

Test

Review/create unit test cases, scenarios, and execution.

Review test plan created by the testing team.

Provide clarifications to the testing team.

Domain relevance

Advise software developers on design and development of features and components with a deeper understanding of the business problem being addressed for the client.

Learn more about the customer domain and identify opportunities to provide value addition to customers.

Complete relevant domain certifications.

Manage Project

Support the Project Manager with inputs for the projects.

Manage delivery of modules.

Manage complex user stories.

Manage Defects

Perform defect RCA and mitigation.

Identify defect trends and take proactive measures to improve quality.

Estimate

Create and provide input for effort and size estimation and plan resources for projects.

Manage knowledge

Consume and contribute to project-related documents, share points, libraries, and client universities.

Review the reusable documents created by the team.

Release

Execute and monitor the release process.

Design

Contribute to the creation of design (HLD, LLD, SAD)/architecture for applications, features, business components, and data models.

Interface with Customer

Clarify requirements and provide guidance to the Development Team.

Present design options to customers.

Conduct product demos.

Work closely with customer architects for finalizing design.

Manage Team

Set FAST goals and provide feedback.

Understand aspirations of the team members and provide guidance, opportunities, etc.

Ensure team members are upskilled.

Ensure the team is engaged in the project.

Proactively identify attrition risks and work with BSE on retention measures.

Certifications

Obtain relevant domain and technology certifications.

Skill Examples

Explain and communicate the design/development to the customer.

Perform and evaluate test results against product specifications.

Break down complex problems into logical components.

Develop user interfaces and business software components.

Use data models.

Estimate time and effort resources required for developing/debugging features/components.

Perform and evaluate tests in the customer or target environments.

Make quick decisions on technical/project-related challenges.

Manage a team, mentor, and handle people-related issues in the team.

Maintain high motivation levels and positive dynamics within the team.

Interface with other teams, designers, and parallel practices.

Set goals for self and team. Provide feedback for team members.

Create and articulate impactful technical presentations.

Follow a high level of business etiquette in emails and other business communication.

Drive conference calls with customers and answer customer questions.

Proactively ask for and offer help.

Ability to work under pressure, determine dependencies, risks, and facilitate planning while handling multiple tasks.

Build confidence with customers by meeting deliverables timely with a quality product.

Estimate time and effort of resources required for developing/debugging features/components.

Knowledge Examples

Appropriate software programs/modules.

Functional & technical designing.

Programming languages – proficient in multiple skill clusters.

DBMS.

Operating Systems and software platforms.

Software Development Life Cycle.

Agile – Scrum or Kanban Methods.

Integrated development environment (IDE).

Rapid application development (RAD).

Modelling technology and languages.

Interface definition languages (IDL).

Broad knowledge of the customer domain and deep knowledge of the sub-domain where the problem is solved.

Education: Bachelors Degree