Technical Director

TotallyAwesome
Expired
+2
Viettel Building - 285 Cách Mạng Tháng Tám, District 10, Ho Chi Minh
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Top 3 reasons to join us

  • We are "Making The Internet Safer for Kids"
  • Enjoy free lunch, snacks and drinks
  • Learn and Grow in Kidtech advertising

Job description

WHO ARE WE 

TotallyAwesome is the brands partner in a digital world. We are world’s most advanced forum for kids, teens and families, and brands to safely interact across thousands of apps, games, and websites. We enable a kids-safe ecosystem with more than 300 million monthly active users across APAC. We adhere to and support international governments’ most advanced regulations protecting kids’ data privacy. We do this through the deployment of bespoke technology designed specifically to offer kids contextual and customised content through age-appropriate engagement.  

Its headquarter is in Singapore, with offices in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Philippines and Vietnam.  

RESPONSIBILITIES  

Job Overview: 

This opportunity would be perfect for a product-focused Dev Lead looking for a new challenge and next step in their career. The role is for someone who has experience in web focused app development and is as passionate about the media and ad-tech industries. You will be a key senior member of the technology and product team focusing on integrations, developing and delivering on new features for our ad-tech product suite.

Working closely with Head of Product, the CTO and other management teams to see out the vision and strategy of our business as it evolves. You will provide sound technical leadership including developing a high-performing technology team, defining and managing the development tool set, processes and architecture and managing technology rollout plans to budget.

How will YOU contribute to the Team? 

· Lead a team of Software Engineers and technologists in our Vietnam hub including training and mentoring, performance and review processes

· Guide the development process in ensuring successful project delivery of cloud native web applications.

· Design smart and clear technical solutions with business outcomes in mind

· Analyse business requirements and provide input on the software, database design

· Ensure the technical quality and on-time project delivery is maintained to a high standard

· Be the escalation point for management stakeholders

· Spearhead the development in your team by writing and reviewing code

· Ensure appropriate debugging, troubleshooting and maintenance of code documentation in Confluence

· Recommendation on test framework and UAT process and methodology for improved quality of product delivery

· Support the design, build, implementation and integration API services and microservices architecture

· Strong organisational and communication skills with experience developing & instilling a culture of collaboration

· Down-to-earth, make it happen, analytical and detail oriented with a strong drive and innovative approach

· Experience managing developers

 

OUR ETIQUETTE

At TotallyAwesome, we work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. In our culture, you are encouraged to:

● Be more AWESOME than you were yesterday

● Be BRAVE, experiment and share experiences

● Be ACCOUNTABLE and get stuff done

● Be AGILE - prioritize tasks to deliver outcomes

Our people are at the heart of what we do at TotallyAwesome and the driving force behind our growth and success. We value our culture as the lifeblood of our business and work hard every day to maintain this as we continue to grow and scale our team. We believe in offering opportunities to learn and grow every day and we’ve got a strong track record in developing great people.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We review job applications without regard to their race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status.

Finally, we are a team of passionate experts. We are not just leading in this industry, we are defining it.

Your skills and experience

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Do YOU have what it takes to succeed?

To be a successful candidate, you will need to will need to oversee the operation, security and policies of our cloud based platform who’s infrastructure predominately sits on a Google Cloud Platform with some additional services on AWS. A solid foundation in technology delivery, project management and operations are key to your previous roles.

You would have a track record in motivating and communicating with your team to achieve high quality results for your company. You need to be confident in dealing with key management and product leads within the business and should be able to communicate clearly in English whilst also being the main interface to the local engineers.

You thrive in a fast-paced, startup environment where you have to balance velocity of decision making, quality and having an MVP mindset that meets the longer term objective of the business.

The following skills and experience are vital for the types of work that you will be supervising:

· Experience in modern frameworks and cross platform focused solutions;

· Strong background in software development, architectural design and integration, specifically those related to cloud services;

· Code refactoring, design patterns, continuous integration, application security etc.

· Solid Experience with Docker, Kubernetes.

· Experience with SQL and NoSQL database. E.g. GCP based, Spanner, BigTable, MySQL.

· Exceptional project management and organisational skills, and proven success delivering and managing projects in Agile methodology;

· Experience with cloud hosting and services, either GCP, AWS (or Azure).

· Familiar with modern, web-based architectures, REST APIs (WebAPI), Microservices e.g. Python, NodeJS, PWA, Front end technologies such as React;

· Working knowledge of encryption algorithms (highly desirable);

· Ability to engage stakeholders at all levels and from across the business;

· Experience working with product managers, product designers and other business teams to arrive at a great outcome;

· Strong leadership skills with an ability to motivate a team of talented individuals software engineers, database engineers and QC.

 

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

■ You are a self-starter, independent and problem solver. You consider yourself a high-performance personality

■ Understand what it means to deliver excellence.

■ Good sense of humor and ability to stay calm under pressure.

■ Well-organized with excellent communication and time management skills.

■ You're driven and passionate about “Making The Internet Safer for Kids”.

Why you'll love working here

WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU 

  • Our people are at the heart of what we do at TotallyAwesome and the driving force behind our growth and success.   
  • We value our culture as the lifeblood of our business and work hard every day to maintain this as we continue to grow and scale our team.   
  • We believe in offering opportunities to learn and grow every day and we’ve got a strong track record in developing great people.  
  • We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We review job applications without regard to their race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status.  
  • Hands-on experience working with the leading kids & family brands across Australia & New Zealand bringing to life some of the most innovative and engaging digital experiences for our audiences.  
  • Birthday days off!  
  • Finish early Fridays!  
  • Social work environment  
  • Flexible working arrangements  
  • Mentorship programs  
  • Remote working support across APAC markets   
  • Finally, we are a team of passionate experts. We are not just leading in this industry, we are defining it. 

TotallyAwesome

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TotallyAwesome is the world’s most advanced forum for brands engaging kids, teens and families.

Company type
IT Product
Company size
51-150 employees
Country
Singapore
Working days
Monday - Friday
Overtime policy
No OT