Development Lead

About the role

Role Description This role has been created to: Serve to support the role requirements of senior developers in the Analyst Developer job family. Provide a launching pad for transition into more senior roles in the individual contributor and leadership job families. Support delivery obligations to customers and internal stakeholders. Specific Role Responsibilities Analysis and Design Work with the analyst tester in the creation of user story definitions and acceptance criteria. Utilise your knowledge to ensure stories are constructed in a cohesive, logical way that aids smooth implementation and test. Work within the constraints of the feature/user story to define the underlying design required to deliver these changes Ensure the solution is well defined and fit-for-purpose. It must meet the requirements and work end-to-end. This will require a solid understanding of the underlying business processes involved in and surrounding the change Provide solutions and recommendations for the resolution of technical issues that arise and ensure solutions meet the technical specs and design requirements Help design and build APIs and external system interfaces for integration into core FNZ products and third-party vendor applications Development Interpret complex financial business requirements and translate into high-transactional, high-availability, secure, working systems Lend your expertise to advise and influence the design and implementation of highly intuitive user interface and interactive financial tools required by financial advisers and investors Non-functional requirements: Consider non-functional requirements. We produce high-volume, real-time transaction processing systems that support millions of trades every day in investment securities in multiple world markets. You will work with other developers to make sure that solutions developed are secure, reusable, maintainable and performant. Collaborate with other developers to make sure that the solutions developed are robust and in-line with the requirements; Ensure code is designed and built in a reusable manner. Able to build high complexity features end-to-end Establish yourself as an expert in multiple system/technical areas of the FNZ platform Contribute to global non-client specific projects to advance key technical strategies across FNZ. Quality Adhere to the defined procedures for code management, code reviews, coding standards, naming conventions and security standards Write automated unit tests for any newly created code Perform manual testing to ensure any changes made to the system are of a high standard and the system hasn't regressed. Perform code reviews for developers on their own and different projects, inside the solution centre, to ensure that proposed changes meet quality and best practice standards. Able to design new core system functionality or completely redesign existing ones whilst maintaining quality. Collaboration and Communication Promote the development team both internally and externally. Ensure that creative solutions, tight code, tough problems solved are called out appropriately to the developer community, and where they lead to visible outcomes, to the broader FNZ teams and clients; and Collaborate with other developers to share knowledge, best practices, useful technology, and opportunities for cross-project system design / solutions. Mentor new starters to ensure they understand both platform and SDLC. Provide solution centre-wide training, as required, on topics of personal expertise. Support the project lead developer and function as a squad lead if required. Technology Stay up to date with industry practices, new technologies, tools and methods. Proactive evaluate and provide recommendations to the business on technologies and tools which could be adopted. Take ownership of and resolve technical (environmental, coding and testing) issues that impede development progress. Assist in the resolution of technical issues when requested. Create novel solutions to problems by incorporating cutting edge technology or generic concepts. Functional Area Responsibilities Analyst Developers at FNZ are all-rounders who can work across the full stack. This role involves working with complex business requirements in a wide range of functional areas in the financial services and platform domain. You are also responsible for collaborating with internal and client SMEs to deliver complex data mapping solutions for migrations: analyzing, designing and maintaining ETL workflows, resolving issues, testing and providing post-implementation support. You are in expert in multiple technical areas and make your mark as a business domain expert as well. This is evidenced in your delivery track record and your ability to execute your individual responsibilities and to provide your expertise and support to colleagues when needed. Analyst Developers own non-functional requirements and are responsible for ensuring that their code complies