Lead Developer: Job Description

The lead developer manages, analyzes, plans, designs, and constructs information. He/She should be familiar with team management and technical methodology-based applications to ensure a smooth sail directing a team.
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Lead Developer Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Working closely with senior stakeholders to understand business requirements and help translate these into technical requirements for the development team
  • Planning and documenting technical specifications for features or system design
  • Designing, building and configuring applications to meet business process and application requirements
  • Directing the development team in the design, development, coding, testing and debugging of applications
  • Writing testable, scalable and efficient code and leading code reviews
  • Mentoring junior team members and ensuring they adhere to determined software quality standards
  • Lead Developer Skills/Requirements:

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
  • You have solid experience in software development
  • Proven success as a technical team leader
  • You are a good mentor & coach
  • You possess good communication skills