Software Team Leader

About Futurino:

Futurino Information Technologies was founded in 2011 by educator and engineer investors to develop softwares and projects in the Education Technologies (EdTech) domain. Futurino carries out its R&D studies in YTÜ Technopark with its wide staff of software developers, teachers and academic advisors. Futurino aims to combine the possibilities of Educational Sciences and Computer Science in innovative and creative projects that recognize and understand students and produce the most suitable solutions for them.

We are looking for a Software Team Leader who can provide leadership a team and direction to software development. You will have a great chance to have technical and management career. You are expected to apply techniques and algorithms to solve the real world EdTech problems and also lead the software team. As a Software Team Leader, you will take a role in each phase of projects, i.e. analyzing, designing, prototyping, development and testing. You will be working in a proactive and dynamic team who has experience in EdTech projects.

Responsibilities:

Manage and solve all matters relating to the software team, customers and projects

Build a good culture in the software team for all aspects of technical development

Ensure high performance, motivation and productivity within the software team to reach projects goals

Technical Skills:

BS Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related technical field or equivalent practical hands-on experience

Demonstrated knowledge of Design Patterns and Programming paradigms

Solid knowledge for Software Development Life Cycle

Experience building and maintaining large-scale, high-availability web applications with an active and growing user base

Experience with one or more JavaScript frameworks 

Experience on designing and implementing RESTful web service APIs 

Experience with databases, SQL/NoSQL 

Experience with cloud platforms 

Proven working experience in MVC and microservices architectures

Experience and solid understanding of the Mobile Development Life Cycle

Familiarity with continuous integration and automation tools

Experience working in an Agile environment with knowledge of SCRUM practices using management tools

Ruby on Rails framework experience is a must

Personal Skills:

Strong motivation about leading the software team and contributing to business growth

Agile oriented; focused on delivery and customer first

Adaptive; responsive for on-demand changes

Open; collecting feedbacks and defining actions to improve

Team player; having strong team communication skills and taking initiative to support other members

Willing to learn and adapt new technologies to projects

Excellent written and verbal communication skills