Job Description
Somerset West – Western Cape – South Africa, Remote
- The solution is powered off a Virtual Agent stack. This stack contains a number of technologies used to power a Virtual Agent as a Service offering. The Lead role has overall accountability for the ecosystem stack (technologies used to extend into client ecosystems, how they work together, etc.).
- Lead the design and architecture of integration efforts, ensuring they enable the Virtual Agent to perform effectively within various client eco-systems.
- Supervise and mentor a team of Technical Consultants giving technical direction, coaching, and support to ensure project success.
- Research and evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks to recommend the best solutions for projects.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyse requirements and translate them into technical specifications and architectural designs.
- Lead by example by actively taking part in coding and development tasks, while promoting best practices and coding standards. This includes the development of microservices where required.
- When a Virtual Agent does not work, the Lead, working with the Technical Consultant on the account, needs to help identify and rectify the problem (if technical) within agreed SLAs.
- Implement and enforce quality control processes, including code reviews and testing to ensure integration, reliability and maintainability.
- Create and keep comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, design documents, and coding standards.
- Find and mitigate technical risks proactively, ensuring project timelines and goals are met.
- At times, technical stakeholders within customers want to better understand the stack before buying in. At these times, the Sales team may ask for the Lead to provide the technical answers (both during a technical session and/or when completing a procurement document).
- Master’s or Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Proven experience as a Software Architect or similar role.
- Extensive experience with: PHP 8+, MySQL 8, JavaScript, HTML & CSS.
- Experience with integrating software solutions into various Customer Experience (CX) platforms.
- Experience with Cloud technologies and microservices architecture is a plus, specifically, MS Azure.
- Experience with Pre-sales Support.
- Excellent leadership and mentoring skills.
- Effective project and time management skills.
- Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
- Effective communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and clients.
- Software architecture design and patterns.
- Coding skills.
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