Support Dev Lead

Progressive Edge Consulting

Johannesburg, Gauteng
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

Support Dev LeadJohannesburgPermanentAn entrepreneurial, and forward-thinking company specialises in utilizing geospatial data and technologies to help clients enhance their operational efficiencies and increase profitability. They offer tailored data, insights, and innovative products across various industries, aiming to convert raw data into practical business insights. With expertise spanning over two decades in spatial and telematics domains, they serve sectors like fleet management, logistics, retail, advertising, the public sector, and more. They value partnerships highly, focusing on collaborative relationships to advance the field of geospatial intelligence.The company has a number of products and companies under its umbrella, creating and building new products and solutions. The team would like to attract energetic, passionate individuals committed to growing with them.Our team needs an experienced support manager who can assist with establishing a formal structure to the team (Standard operating procedures, quality assurance, mentoring, tools & techniques). One of their divisions has evolved from start-up to a growing company, but their internal processes have not, and that is where the team needs someone to come in and add value.Responsibilities:

Manage a team of roughly 5 reports.
The team is a support team who’s focus is roughly 70% support and 30% Dev
Identify and implement improvements
Recommend and establish new ways of working, processes, tools, techniques and implement them
Motivate and mentor team members

Requirements:

A few years years managing IT teams
Able to identify areas of improvement
Establish/recommend new ways of work, processes, tools, techniques and implement them
Can motivate / mentor team members
Good communication skills and customer engagement
Software Development background is a requirement
Be obsessed with quality, customer service and driving excellence
Familiar with cloud-based architectures and solutions
Be able to work under pressure (as we are in growth stage, we are constantly chasing deadlines and work under pressure)

Our current tech stack:

Python
Linux
Postgres SQL
GIS technologies
API’s
React (UI)
Cloud based architectures

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