Software Development Manager - KDD

To lead a development unit that includes enterprise and custom development. This role involves managing and mentoring a team of developers setting goals and objectives ensuring best practices and overseeing the design development maintenance and upgrading of our existing custom applications and Enterprise systems. The role also requires expertise in both frontend and backend development proficiency in multiple programming languages frameworks and technologies and experience with integrations across various systems.

Leading a development unit that includes enterprise and custom development personnel.

Setting goals and objectives for the development team and ensuring they are met.

Providing mentorship and guidance to junior developers and other team members.

Evaluating the performance of team members and providing constructive feedback.

Facilitating continuous improvement within the development team and processes following best practice such as ITIL and other international standards.

Ensuring the team follows best practices for software development security and operations (maintenance of different environments and code versions QA and code testing change / release management)

Maintaining and enhancing KDD Application and Enterprise footprint following best practices.

Developing frontend web architecture designing user interactions on web pages and ensuring web applications are optimized for mobile and desktop devices.

Building and maintaining backend serverside applications and databases designing and implementing efficient database structures and integrating with thirdparty APIs.

Lead the efforts of setting up the reporting strategy that includes the backend data repository and from end reporting tools

Collaborating with crossfunctional teams to identify prioritize and execute product features and functionality.

Writing reusable testable and efficient code as well as debugging and troubleshooting issues.

Developing and implementing security and data protection measures.

Ensuring the scalability and performance of applications and implementing necessary monitoring and optimization strategies.

Keeping up to date with emerging trends technologies and best practices in web development.

Providing technical guidance and reviewing code to ensure it meets established standards.

Responsible for setting goals and objectives monitoring progress and providing feedback to managers and team members.

Mentoring junior developers sharing knowledge and best practices and providing guidance on technical issues.

Creating technical documentation and user documentation such as user manuals guides or tutorials.

Executing Management directives as required.

Complying with Health Safety and Environment regulations and working practices of KDD and the State of Kuwait when carrying out duties.

Proven ability to lead and manage a team of developers fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.

Strong ability to motivate and inspire team members to achieve their full potential.

Expertise in project management methodologies such as Agile.

Skilled in strategic planning and setting longterm goals for the development team.

Ability to align development goals with organizational objectives.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders.

Commitment to maintaining highquality standards in software development.

Experience in resource allocation and optimizing the use of available resources.

Ability to promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the team.

Demonstrated ability to identify and solve complex technical problems efficiently and effectively.

Excellent communication skills to collaborate with technical and nontechnical stakeholders including team members project managers and clients.

Strong time management skills to prioritize tasks and meet project deadlines.

Ability to adapt to changing project requirements and work effectively in a fastpaced dynamic environment.

Proven experience in working collaboratively with other developers designers and stakeholders to achieve project goals.

Strong attention to detail to ensure that code is clean efficient and errorfree.

Commitment to continuous learning and staying up to date with the latest technologies tools and best practices in web development.

Strong proficiency in programming languages such as C# JavaScript PHP TypeScript VB .NET VBScript and DAX.

Experience working with frontend frameworks such as Angular AngularJS and Knockout and backend frameworks like Node.js and PHP.

Experience with databases such as MySQL Oracle and SQL Server.

Knowledge of Oracle Development platforms (Forms reports PL/SQL).

Knowledge of Business Intelligence tools (OBIEE) and frontend reporting tools such as Power BI.

Knowledge of Oracle Cloud platform (OCI APEX) and integration layer (OIC) is a plus

Expertise in IBM Maximo 7.6 development and knowledge of Maximo Application Suit (MAS) 8 version is a plus.

Familiarity with DevOps tools such as Docker Kubernetes Git and AWS.

Familiarity with SaaS cloud solutions and their integration.

Experience with Entity Framework Core and other modern ORM tools.

Familiarity with microservices architecture and containerization

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.

Experience with web services such as RESTful APIs and SOAP.

Experience with desktop app development using WinForms.

Knowledge of dependency injection frameworks.

Familiarity with frontend technologies including CSS and HTML 5 as well as UI frameworks like Angular Material and Bootstrap.

Experience with serverside scripting languages such as Classic ASP MVC Razor and WEB FORMS.

Experience with realtime communication technologies such as WebSocket and SignalR.

Familiarity with identity management tools such as ASP.NET Identity.

Experience with data access technologies including ADO ADO.NET Breeze EF6 Oracle.Client Oracle.ManagedDataAccess and Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.EntityFramework is a plus

Experience in migrating applications to Microsoft Power Platform and upgrading to the latest tech stack and frameworks.

Familiarity with ITIL best practices including change management project management incident management and incident management.

Experience with the software development life cycle (SDLC)

Experience with machine learning data analysis and generative AI is a plus.

Experience in integration with various systems (Oracle EBS Oracle OIC Maximo and others)

Experience in Java J2EE JavaScript Python Spring MVC Spring JDBC Web Services.

Experience with Application/Web Server: Weblogic 12c

Knowledge of integrating Maximo with other enterprise systems using IBM Maximo Integration Framework (MIF) is a plus

knowledge in writing Maximo automation scripts using languages such as Python Jython and JavaScript to automate routine tasks and enhance functionality is a plus.

Experience in developing and customizing BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools) reports for Maximo is a plus

Familiarity with Maximo mobile solutions and mobile application development knowledge in EzMaxMobile mobile solution for Maximo is a plus.