Technical Lead

Location: Singapore, Singapore In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible. Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the expansion of aerospace-related activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Throughout the last four decades, the company grew from strength to strength and is today involved in the primary businesses of Aerospace (including Air Traffic Management), Defence & Security, Ground Transportation and Digital Identity & Security. Thales today employs over 2,100 people in Singapore across all its business areas.

ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

By joining us, you will own and handle the technical aspects of our MVPs (Minimum Valuable Products) or even contribute as a consultant within Thales Group’s projects or products. You will be the nurturing voice of technical development transformation within the Group by exemplifying the values of Digital Factory beyond its business lines.

KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Technical Lead, you are accountable for:

• Set the expectations for the code quality and corresponding KPIs

• Setup and follow the application of the coding practices

• Actively contribute to the technical solution definition and improvements

• Contributing to the code development at least 50% of his/her time

• Assist the team to focus on cross/non-functional requirements

• Engage and role-model the pair-programming and pair-reviewing sessions

• Educate and mentor the junior developers to help them grow in their roles

• Actively contribute to the Technical Lead community within the Digital Factory

KEY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

To be successful in your role, you will have demonstrated and/or acquired the following knowledge and experience:

You have a minimum of 8 years technical experience with 3 years of leading a team

• You are a strong communicator who communicates effectively across teams, locations and cultures, in-person and virtually

• You have already evolved in (or willing to immerse into) an agile and scrum environment

• You have the courage of convictions with a high degree of humility. Embraces constructive feedback and is resilient

• You prefer to work collaboratively with an iterative mindset, and engage your stakeholder to do the same

• You are open-minded

• You enjoy seeking feedback from your fellow peers; so you may benefit from them to optimise your technical practices

• You are autonomous and know how to adapt quickly and drive change for the better

• You bloom in a team and like working in a collaborative environment

• You agree that data over opinion is a healthy and an important mentality

• You are responsible for defining the non-functional criteria of the MVP, establish code conventions, well versed with design pattern, and branching strategies

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