Job Title: Software Project Manager / Coordinator

Location: Bahria Town Phase 4, Islamabad

Timing: 9am to 6pm

Job Description:

As our Software Development Manager, you will:

• Reports to Director, manage overall software development lifecycle
• Create, prioritize, communicate, manage, and execute roadmaps, project plans, and commitments
• Report on the status of development, quality, operations, and system performance to management
• Foster culture of continuous software improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics
• Hire, coach, and mentor individuals; build a strong cross-functional organization
• Bring innovative ideas to the table every day, in order to find better ways of accomplishing our customer objectives
• Set clear, measurable quality goals for an organization in a data-driven way
• Build, mentor, and manage a team of web developers (back-end, front-end, and integrators)
• Manage projects the range in size and scope but are extremely strategic to the business
• Lead the support team, which handles bugs and support requests
• Communicate with internal clients about progress, deadlines, and roadblocks
• Perform daily follow up on ongoing tasks, removing roadblocks as needed
• Determine and implement best practices regarding development, and align yourself with other development departments
• Motivate the web development team and ensure it's working at maximum efficiency
• Conduct all task management activities in JIRA/Asana/Trello/Podio
• Determine and enforce the web development lifecycle workflows (code reviews, QA, go-live process, release notes, documentation)
• Cultivate operational excellence through metrics and continuous learning

As our Software Development Manager, you must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline
• 2+ years minimum with an advanced level of experience with full stack
• 2+ years’ experience leading a team
• 2+ years of project management experience
• Experience in developing and using service APIs
• Experience with back-end product platform (PHP, MySQL)
• Excellent understanding of both relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL, MongoDB).
• The ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• A thorough understanding of software development in a team and a strong track record of shipping software Preferred Qualifications
• Strong technical and business vision
• Strong knowledge of virtualization and container technologies (Docker)
• Experience working collaboratively using version control systems (Git/GitLab).
• Expertise using Swagger and/or Postman tools
• Experience with AWS and dev ops would be an asset but not required.
• Implementing, adopting and emerging the new technological changes to the existing software/environment going forward for the improvement of the customer-facing software solution.
• Strong knowledge and experience with Agile methodology and/or an established release protocol.
• Advanced and creative problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in design, development, testing, and support.
• Ability to understand and communicate the business impact of technical issues
• Curious and inquisitive with strong analytic and decision-making abilities
• Motivated and self-starter

Nice to Have:

• 2+ years managing eCommerce projects and initiatives.