About Us
Focus on Force is the leading learning and exam preparation platform that helps people learn and prepare for Salesforce Certification Exams. We exert great effort in delivering best-in-class study guides and practice exams and update our materials regularly according to the newest release updates and feedback from our users. Our customers love our materials as it helps them learn and earn their Salesforce Certifications to build their careers. As a small team working remotely across APAC and Europe, we keep a culture of excellence and teamwork. We love what we do, we love our customers, and we love working together to deliver only the best.
Position Overview
As a Technical Lead you will be responsible for overseeing Focus On Force’s back-end and front-end platform. You will also be responsible for team / people management within the Technical Team and will collaborate directly with both technical and business owners to come to key decisions that ensure development initiatives are aligned with business objectives.
Responsibilities:
– Oversee, manage and optimise the overall technical architecture of the platform, including the hosting environments, database, WordPress, custom development and interfaces with Google, AWS and Salesforce.
– Oversee and perform on-going development and maintenance of the Focus On Force WordPress site; this includes WordPress development, plugin management, site customizations, page optimizations
– Oversee and manage the development and testing environments and development process, including version control repositories
– Manage the uptime of the live environment and resolve any service interruptions either caused by platform or hosting issues.
– Act as the escalation point, to effectively work with team members to assist in researching, exploring options, finding appropriate solutions and resolving challenges and issues where required.
– Perform peer code review and contribute in constantly improving the development process
– Collaborate with internal and external team members to lead, design, and implement new features and functionality
– Identify new plugins that can be used on the website and test them in staging environment
– Manage the Technical Team, overseeing the overall deliverables and ensuring high-performance
– Work with the scrum master to manage Sprint planning sessions
– Work with the scrum master to lead the team using Agile methodologies and Scrum practices
– Resolve conflicts and issues within the team
– Foster a transparent and collaborative environment within the Technical Team and throughout the entire organisation
– Track, report, and evaluate key Technical Team and platform KPIs
Requirements:
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills
– Experience developing and managing an end to end platform architecture that includes WordPress and integrated components including AWS
– 4+ years of experience building websites, with particular emphasis in developing using WordPress and PHP
– 2+ years of experience managing a technical team or a web development team
– AWS experience and API integration experience
– Maintenance and development experience for WordPress plugins such as Woocommerce and Learndash
– Demonstrated experience in working with cross-functional teams and leading the charge towards a common vision
– Impeccable attention to detail
– Excellent analytical and lateral thinking skills
Nice to Have:
– Salesforce experience
– Salesforce API integration experience
– Learning management system experience
Perks:
– Competitive pay
– Work from home / work from anywhere
– Paid time off once eligible (after 3 months)
– Medical reimbursement once eligible (after 3 months)
– Discretionary Bonus
– Opportunities for training and further skills development
– Annual team-building
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please make sure to attach or include a link to your most recent resume and/or portfolio when applying for this role.
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