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Deputy IT Lead for Development
Deputy IT Lead for Development
The Deputy IT Lead for Development will provide leadership support and substitute for the Head of IT when needed. This role involves leading the company's transformation towards a generative approach using large language models (LLMs), automating IT processes, empowering stakeholders, and enhancing IT development environments.
About the role
About the Role
We are seeking a Deputy IT Lead for Development, who will provide leadership support and will serve as a substitute for the Head of IT when necessary. This pivotal role will also be involved in leading the company’s transformation towards a generative approach, primarily through the integration of large language models (LLMs). The Deputy IT Lead for Development will also concentrate on automating IT processes, empowering stakeholders, and continuously enhancing IT development environments.
Responsibilities
- Be the trusted ambassador for the IT department, ensuring seamless continuity and decisive action in the Head of IT's absence.
- Unite IT operations, administration, and stakeholders to resolve challenges and drive progress, fostering open communication and collaboration.
- Champion project excellence, allocating team resources, monitoring performance, and sharing successes with the Head of IT, to propel our IT vision forward.
- Spearhead the revolution from traditional development to cutting-edge, LLM-driven innovation, unleashing automated efficiency in testing, documentation, and workflows.
- Explore and implement AI-powered solutions to elevate software development, quality control, and team productivity, shaping the future of our IT landscape.
- Join forces with the Head of IT to automate processes, accelerate requirement implementation, and select game-changing tools, amplifying our IT impact.
- Cultivate a dynamic development environment where internal stakeholders are empowered to drive change, innovate fearlessly, and thrive in a culture of continuous improvement.
Experience Required
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering or Higher.
- Minimum 6 years of professional experience in Object Oriented programming (Java, C#.net, Javascript, Python etc) and progressed into a Team Lead.
- At least 2 years experience as team lead.
- Experience in remote work environment.
Skills Required
- Significant technical and working experience with Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Working knowledge of transformer models, layers and impact of generative AI on software development process.
- Understanding of both agile and waterfall methodologies.
- Strong business acumen.
- Experience in contributing to open-source projects, managing GitHub projects and submitting pull requests.
- Strong communication skills.