Qualifications / Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

·        5+ years of experience as software developer. This role does not require coding but required the knowledge.

·        5+ Experience building and hosting application in the cloud

·        5+ Experience building consumer applications using modern patterns and web technologies

·        3+ years leading software development teams in the role of technical leader or application’s architect.

·        Demonstrated ability to execute and lead software development projects from idea to production to explosive growth.

·        Strong knowledge on how to design, document and test Web APIs

·        A born product development native with substantial knowledge on product definition, development, and life cycle management.

ECOMMERCE SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS

·        Previous experience ideating, developing, and rolling out an ecommerce platform including delivering of goods and multiple payment methods.

·        Deep Knowledge of at least one of the leading platforms for eCommerce as a Service like Shopify, Elastic Path, Salesforce, Magento or VTEX.

·        Experience implementing a headless eCommerce solution

·        Experience integrating Payment Gatew

Responsibilities

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

·        Act the as the Application Architect of the assigned feature or product

·        Lead the development teams so they can execute their assigned stories in a way that satisfy functional and non-functional requirements and help them making the right decisions when facing challenges.

·        Be an evangelist of agile software development practices.

·        Clearly establishes product milestones (or sprints) and objectives by detailing functionality at consumer and technical level.

·        Make sure all technical aspects of the product follow Millicom’s and the Industry best practices for Secure Software Development Life Cycle

·        Make sure all technical decisions play well with Millicom’s digital ecosystem like for example identity, engagement and payment solutions, reusing as much existing components as possible.

·        Follow infrastructure guidelines for hosting, monitoring, and securing the solution.

·        Make sure all required API are received from other departments or designed and built if needed, documented, and standardized.

·        Produce or refine user stories by preparing the functional and technical specifications of new product or improvements of existing ones.

·        Make sure all functional requirements are refined to include required API, proposed UX, and instrumentation plan to provided visibility on performance and growth of KPI.

·        Make sure the product backlog includes all non-functional requirements to create a scalable, reusable, secure and fast performing solution, feature, or product.

·        Create technical documentation and operational dashboard so operations can be handled to the support team.

·        Support in all phases of testing specially in user acceptance tests. Make sure dev teams automate tests as much as possible.

·        Give technical approval for production release.

·        Create, evaluate, and analyze vendor proposals for new product ideas and new process and product improvements.

·        Collect, organize, and structure all additional information required to support the blueprint, feature or story.

·        Research and development aimed at improving current products or developing new ones to satisfy consumer demand.

·        Work closely with the Consumer Understanding Team to review and use consumer insights to aid the ideation process and feedback loop.

·        Provide diagnostics and technical support on digital products and services when front line tech team needs to escalate.

Education / Training

·        Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience