Delivery Lead

Position Overview

The Delivery Lead will lead software delivery activities, coordinate engineering teams, and ensure the timely delivery of high-quality enterprise applications developed using Microsoft .NET technologies. The role combines hands-on software development with technical leadership, project coordination, and stakeholder management.

Roles & Responsibilities

Project Delivery

• Plan schedules and milestones. Work with the project team to estimate effort and establish delivery plans.
• Coordinate development activities. Lead the design, development, testing, and maintenance of .NET applications, RESTful APIs, and system integrations.
• Track risks and progress. Monitor project status, dependencies, technical risks, and delivery issues.
• Ensure timely delivery. Ensure assigned modules and development tasks meet agreed requirements, quality standards, and timelines.

Technical Leadership

• Review technical solutions. Participate in solution design and architecture reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and engineering best practices.
• Coordinate testing and deployment. Support defect resolution, UAT, production deployment, and post-implementation activities.
• Mentor engineers. Provide technical guidance, conduct code reviews, and assist developers with complex technical issues.

Stakeholder Management

• Prepare project reports. Provide clear updates on progress, risks, issues, and planned activities.
• Communicate with stakeholders. Work closely with Business Analysts, QA Engineers, users, and the Offshore Development Centre.
• Support planning. Contribute to effort estimation, resource coordination, implementation planning, and release activities.

Continuous Improvement

• Improve delivery processes. Identify opportunities to improve development, testing, deployment, and collaboration processes.
• Promote engineering best practices. Encourage consistent coding standards, reusable components, documentation, version control, and Agile practices.

Requirements

• Diploma or Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in software development using Microsoft .NET technologies.
• Strong programming skills in C#, ASP.NET Core/.NET, and object-oriented programming.
• Experience developing enterprise web applications, RESTful APIs, backend services, and system integrations.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server, database design, and SQL query optimisation.
• Experience with Git, Agile/Scrum methodologies, software design patterns, and engineering best practices.
• Experience leading software modules or workstreams, including task planning, technical guidance, code reviews, and delivery coordination.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Organised, results-oriented, and able to work independently and collaboratively within local and offshore teams.