Understand and be a champion of DP World’s business and product strategy
Have a deep understanding, both low level and high level, across a swathe of technologies
Have built and helped build business systems from the ground up, and having scaled them
While being strategic, provide a very ‘Hands-on’ technical leadership and mentoring for engineers
Own the software design, architecture and operational excellence across the cargoes products
Work with product management and business heads to rapidly iterate on features and grow the business.
Actively seek to prevent redundancies, while allowing that where appropriate in order to accomplish an effective balance between short term and long term goals
Establish and promote software design and development guidelines, deployment strategies, best practices, and standards
Ensure the security-first approach during the design & development of applications
Adhere to all the DP World policies including information security
OTHER
Responsible for the indirect management and leadership of an engaged team, promoting collaboration and ensuring that each is developed and evaluated against goals and objectives which are aligned, specific, measurable, attainable yet challenging, realistic and time bound.
Act as an ambassador for DP World at all times when working; promoting and demonstrating positive behaviors in harmony with DP World’s Founder’s Principles, values and culture; ensuring the highest level of safety is applied in all activities; understanding and following DP World’s Code of Conduct and Ethics policies
Perform other related duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Bachelors in Computer Science or related field from a reputed institution. Masters degree is a plus.
Around 15 years of experience in the software development field, working across a wide swathe of technologies
5-10 years of experience leading the architecture and design function in an organization, and managing enterprise architecture
Ability to take complex problems and simplify them elegantly. Meet time to market requirements of the business while not compromising software design principles.
Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills, including the ability to communicate software choices and tradeoffs clearly and persuasively
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across multiple organizations and drive alignment
Ability to work efficiently and demonstrate a bias for action in a fast-paced environment, working on ambiguous and challenging projects
Relentless desire for innovation, balanced with business needs, and customer expectations
Experience with tools and standards of software development, testing, deployment and operational excellence
