Backend Services Team Lead

Are you looking for the next professional opportunity, that will challenge you and advance your career? Join our team now!  

  

Join a high-caliber team and contribute to its success with your passion, hard-work and positive attitude.

Tickmill is looking for a Backend Services Team Lead to participate in strategic and tactical planning cycles and ensure that plan is delivered in time and with accordance to company standards by collaborating with all involved stakeholders. The ideal candidate will also manage deployment of releases of the Back Office/Client Area systems and supervise the Team’s Day to day activities.

About Tickmill.   

Tickmill is an award-winning, multi-regulated broker offering a wide range of asset classes including CFDs on Forex, Stocks, Indices, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies and bonds, as well as Exchange Traded Derivatives (Futures & Options).

The Tickmill Group was established in 2014, and employs over 280 individuals through its offices in London, Cyprus, Estonia, South Africa and several other regional offices globally.

Our philosophy is based on trust, transparency, and diversity, reflected in both our workplace culture and outstanding customer support. Our employees, a multilingual team of highly skilled professionals from every continent, are the backbone of the company. Their hard work and dedication are what makes it possible to rank among the best in the industry. Tickmill offers a competitive benefits package, hybrid work model, team-building events, and many opportunities for professional growth.

What the job looks like?

The Backend Services Team Lead will have the opportunity to:

• Collaborate with software architects to facilitate all critical decision making on changes in technology standards, stacks, tools, frameworks, libraries, protocols, etc.

• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices.

• Participate in strategic and tactical planning cycles and ensure that plan is delivered in time and with accordance to company standards.

• Identify and reduce technical debt.

• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.

• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.

• Develop, test, and maintain Back Office/ Client Area Systems.

• Manage deployment of releases of the Back Office/Client Area systems.

• Perform reviews of other engineers' code.

• Analyse and resolve technical and application problems.

• Provide second-level support and resolve technical problems.

• Supervise the Team’s Day to day activities.

• Collaborate with Lead Development Coordinator to set priorities and assign work to Team members.

• Keep the team's momentum.

What will you need to be able to do the job?

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• At least 3 years of proven experience as a team leader or team supervisor in a similar field.

• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns.

• Passionate about software development, with fluency in C# and familiarity with .NET Core.

• Experience with microservice-based architecture components including RESTful APIs, gateways, messaging systems and containerization technologies such as Docker.

• Good understanding of code versioning tools.

• Excellent analytical, and problem-solving skills with both developers and product members.

• Proficient in English language with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

By joining us, you can expect:

• A Unique Opportunity for a career in a global, fast-growing company.

• Attractive remuneration package based on qualifications and experience (including 13th salary and Discretionary Bonuses to reward exceptional performance).

• Opportunities to learn and grow through our “Employee Training & Development program”.

• A great chance to focus on your Health and Wellness through a Free Gym membership (Sanctum Spa & Fitness @Limassol Marina) and Medical Insurance Cover, which includes Outpatient, Inpatient, and Dental Care.

• Multiple events to bond with the team and the group through Quarterly/Semestrial Team Activities for all the Company.

• Participation in our welfare investment and savings plan through our Provident Fund Scheme.

• Birthday Benefit.

• Complimentary Lunch.

• Loyalty benefits.

Make your next Career step and apply NOW!

*Due to the great number of applications, we receive for each of our open vacancies, we are unable to respond on an individual basis.