Engineering Lead

Location: Skopje, Macedonia

RLDatix is on a global mission to improve safety in healthcare. We are innovating the most comprehensive healthcare operations platform, connecting operational processes, and delivering new data insights for improved decision-making. Our solution, the Healthcare Operations Cloud, will help shape the future of healthcare by enabling higher quality, lower costs, and greater access to care.

At RLDatix we’re making healthcare safer, together. Our shared passion for meaningful work drives us, while a supportive, respectful culture makes it all possible. As a team, we collaborate globally to reach our ultimate goal—helping people.

What You Will Do:

The Engineering Lead will report to the Engineering Manager/ Engineering Director, responsible for supporting the Global R&D department.

Engineering Leads are ‘hands-on’ members of multi-disciplinary Agile Squads responsible for a specific area of the RLDatix Human Capital Management stack. This key role is also accountable for line management of other Software Developers.

This role will include liaising with internal and external stakeholders and how they work together.

As a line manager the Engineering Lead will not operationally manage projects but will be accountable for:

• Ensure direct reports are well motivated and understand what is expected of them

• Ensure all direct reports have clear and measurable objectives tied to R&D’s strategic plan coupled with personal development plans

• Recommend promotions and pay reviews and identify training needs

• Engage in recruitment activities as required

A crucial part of the role is Delivery:

• Reviewing, refining, estimating, and prioritising functional changes in close collaboration with the Scrum Squad leading to high quality committed deliverables.

• Producing clean and efficient code adhering to relevant patterns and standards

• Making informed decisions and taking ownership of project outcomes

• Engaging in design and review processes as both an author and reviewer

• Performing verification and validation to ensure product backlog items are complete before handover to colleagues

• Reviewing and debugging code associated with product backlog items

• Troubleshooting customer production issues

• Accommodating non-functional outcomes incorporating scale, security, deployment and operability considerations

• Ensuring relevant documentation is produced and accessible

• Ensuring, in collaboration with Scrum Squad, that ‘Definition of Done’ is achieved for all items

Additionally, this person will be responsible for:

Teamwork & Collaboration:

• Actively engaging in all quarterly release planning and preparation activities

• Actively engaging in all Scrum Ceremonies

• Effectively communicating within the Scrum Squad and beyond into other teams that could be impacted by development decisions and activities

• Providing technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to both Scrum Squad members and broader project team members.

• Providing relevant technical leadership within Scrum Squad

Technology:

• Actively engage in current industry methodologies, techniques and emerging technologies.

• Recommend technical hygiene activities including technical debt resolution and supportability improvements

The role requires an individual that has the ability to work to tight deadlines. The role holder will have strong written and verbal skills, and be able to work well in a team environment, with competency in:

• Team Leading – Able to lead, manage the performance of and motivate a team effectively.

• Collaboration – Actively collaborate within own team and beyond if situation require.

• Problem Solving and Decision Making – Gathers, verifies and assesses all appropriate and available information to gain an accurate understanding of situations. Considers a range of possible options, evaluating evidence and seeking advice where appropriate and ultimately making well considered, clear, timely and justifiable decisions (or recommendations).

• Communication – Effective communication skills suitable for liaising with colleagues within the Scrum Team and beyond to broader project team, R&D Management Team and other key stakeholders, both on a one to one and one to many basis. Demonstrate effective communication, both orally and in writing, with colleagues and customers including producing/reviewing technical documentation, preparing, organising and delivering presentations using appropriate tools and techniques, and taking a leading role in meetings and discussions.

• Planning and Organising – Effective at determining a course of action by breaking it down into smaller steps and by planning and resourcing each of these, making allowance for potential problems.

• Building Relationships – Able to develop effective relationships with RLDatix colleagues and customers. Able to respond appropriately to feedback.

• Understanding RLDatix – Aware of RLDatix strategies, policies and procedures and how the organisation operates.

• Influencing and Impact – Ability to influence both within the scrum squad and wider project team. Act in a professional manner and exhibit the required behaviour that should provide an example to other employees. Identify goals and objectives and motivating and supporting others towards their achievement.

• Innovation, Flexibility and Adaptability – Undertake tasks with a positive attitude and respond well to management and customer requests. Must be prepared to meet business goals and respond well to change

• Leading Change - Positive about change, adapting rapidly to changing circumstances and encouraging flexibility in others. Supportive in implementing key strategic changes within R&D whilst taking an innovative approach to solving problems and considers alternatives.

What You Will Gain:

This is an excellent opportunity for you to join a global leader in healthcare safety, building up your skillset using innovative tools and technologies along the way. You will grow and develop, and be a part of an amazing international team, advancing your career further.

Experience/Knowledge You Will Need:

Candidates should ideally have:

• Experience as a Software Developer or Senior Software Developer

• Degree in Computer Science or related field.

• Experience in collaborating within a multi-disciplinary Agile Squad.

• Excellent knowledge and experience of working with the Microsoft and AWS technologies

• Strong spoken and written English skills