A leading retail group in Southern Africa have an exciting job opportunity for a Senior Magento Developer (Tech Lead) to join their eCommerce team in Johannesburg. You will be both the technical coordinator of the team and the delivering referent of the team. This role will mainly be in the management of the M2 platform and its integrations.

Your key job responsibilities as the Senior Magento Developer (Tech Lead) in Johannesburg will include:

- Designing overall integration / technical solution architecture
- Participating in the definition of the Product enhancement strategy with the client / Functional team
- Designing and Reviewing Solution or technical designs
- Verifying compatibility of new solutions with existing ones
- Researching and solving complex technical problems involving multiple systems or integrations
- Coaching and supporting the squad on a day-to-day basis according to the defined delivery plan
- Break down the solution into manageable task for the analysts, developers and configurators
- Support the Scrum master on a daily basis with the product Backlog prioritization
- Promote and deploy Agile rituals within the squad

Requirements for this Senior Magento Developer (Tech Lead) job in Johannesburg:

- Work with the Business Analyst and Project Managers to evaluate the technical options and decide the best way to turn the high-level Business requirements into a technical solution
- Agrees the technical architecture and ensure the architectural integrity is maintained
- Ensure adherence to standards of best practice (e.g., source code control etc.)
- Mentor the other technical staff
- You will focus team to deliver on time, encourage full team participation, manage detailed time box activities and day-to-day activities, ensure testing and review activities are scheduled and completed
- Monitor the team velocity and setup the needed improvement actions
- Monitor the team delivery quality and rework to keep the committed velocity
- Approving the solution as technically fit for purpose prior to deployment
- The Technical lead will be the code Custodian for the M2 Application, ensuring code is deployed against the clients agreed standards