Team Lead, Software Development I at First Bank of Nigeria Limited

First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria's largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Team Lead, Software Development I

Job Identification: 1302
Location: Lagos
Job Schedule: Full time

Job Objective

• The Software Development Team Lead will be part of an agile development team, building and working on enterprise grade software systems on top of the Microsoft .NET development stack.
• The Software Development Team Lead will provide technical and team leadership through coaching and mentorship. 

Duties & Responsibilities 

• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
• Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain w business applications
• Assist in the collection and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans.
• Prepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation, and maintenance of software.
• Design, develop, and unit test application sin accordance with established standards.
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code
• Package and support deployment of releases.
• Work with teammate sin the migration of legacy applications to current technologies.
• Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.
• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems.
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on time and on-budget. Provide third-level support to business users
• Research and evaluate a variety of software products.
• Develop new user-facing features
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end Provides level 3 support for production applications
• Maintain confidentiality of all Information entrusted while delivering projects.
• Comply with the principles and policies in the Information Security Handbook.
• Performs other functions as may be required for the business to achieve its strategic objectives.

Job Requirements
Education:

• Minimum of a First Degree or its equivalent in Computing or related disciplines
• Master's, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage

Experience:

• 5+ years’ experience as a Software Developer
• Prior experience in a technical leadership position.

Application Closing Date
7th March, 2025; 11:45 PM.