Technical Lead

Application Deadline: 30 April 2025

Department: Product

Location: Pune, India

Description

ParentPay Group is Europe's leading software product company and the UK's largest education technology business. We are on a mission to bring next-generation innovation to positively impact on the lives of millions of parents, teachers, and students every day in over 49 countries.

Our market leading products use cutting edge cloud-based technology to streamline school processes, including secure web and mobile apps that enable secure online payments for school items such as meals, trips, clubs and uniform, improve parental engagement, simplify meal management and - through our product SIMS - collect and manage a database of student information and core school operations.

ParentPay Group's new offices in Pune are a fantastic tech hub for those looking to boost their careers in software product development.

Our bright team FastTrack their career with international exposure and ways of working based on agile development best practices from globally renowned technology consultancies.

Key Responsibilities

· Take ownership of leading and mentoring a team of software developers, providing technical guidance, feedback and support.
· Collaborating with stakeholders to understand project requirements and define technical solutions.
· Design and architecture of scalable, maintainable and efficient software systems.
· Develop software solutions (be involved in coding) by studying information need, system flow and database both in Web Apps and mobile apps(iOS/Android).
· Coordinating with the team on daily project status and contribute resolving technical blockers of them.
· Implementing best practices, coding standards and quality assurance processes within the team.
· Participating in code reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices.
· Troubleshooting, resolving technical issues and addressing challenges in project implementation.
· Serving as a technical expert and advocate for innovation and continuous improvement within the team and company.
· Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to identify bottlenecks and propose actionable solutions for improvement.
· Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, charts and code comments.


Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
  

· Extensive 10+ years of experience in software development and leading technical teams.
· 5+ years of experience as a technical lead or a similar role in software development.
· 8+ years' experience on C#(.NET), ASP.NET, MVC, .NET CORE, WebAPI development, REST, Microservices, IIS, strong understanding of SDLC.
· 6+ years' experience on Angular / AngularJS (and any additional front-end framework).
· 6+ years' experience on Typescript / JavaScript / HTML / CSS.
· 6+ years' experience on SQL databases (Microsoft SQL Server & T-SQL) and hands-on experience working with Stored Procedures.
· 4+ years' experience on Microsoft Azure (App Services, WebJobs, Functions, Service Buses, Scaling).
· Azure DevOps tool (managing CI/CD pipelines, Git for code repository), Version control.
· Git (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) and TeamCity.
· Azure board (ADO)/Jira for tracking of issues.
· Strong understanding of agile methodologies like Scrum and Kanban
· Strong technical expertise in software development, including proficiency in programming languages, frameworks and technologies relevant to the project.
· Good understanding of Design principles and different architectures.
· Strong analytical skills including debugging issues, analyzing log files, troubleshooting issues.
· Good understanding of Mobile App Development (Android/iOS) is a value add.
· Experience with cloud platforms, DevOps practices will be an added advantage.
· Experience working with multi-functional teams spread across different geographical locations.
· Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate the team.