Company	Zeebra Resource Solutions s.r.o.	Location	Prague
Language	English	Address	Pobřežní 46, 186 00 +420 222 313 635
Salary	-	Phone	+420 222 313 635
Experience	-	Advertiser	Zeebra Resource Solutions s.r.o.
Category	IT & ICT	Inserted	20.01.2012

Description

Our client is a financial services company with a globally recognized brand name that is associated with wealth, prestige and success. Their success in core business is supported by a globally distributed software development operations and one of the key development centers is based here in Prague, CZ. There is a number of small to mid size teams that are parts of larger global/virtual teams operating fairly independently and focusing on development for specific parts of the business domain. 

Just in a matter of few years our client managed to build up from the scratch a team of nearly two hundred top professional software developers from all over Europe and is still growing with multiple opportunities available for the right individuals. The entry bar is set high, but so are the rewards for those who succeed.  

One of the global teams  - IT Research, has decided to establish a presence in Prague and build a team of highly skilled C#/Silverlight developers that will play a key role in a new high-importance project. It's a brand new team which will closely cooperate with peers in UK and NY and heavily contributing to the development of state-of-the-art system designed and build on the latest Microsoft technologies - Silverlight, WPF, .NET 4.0, etc. Development process methodology is regulated by Agile/Scrum best practices and is designed to give the developers more access to the business end users and allow room for implementing ideas, being creative. Projects will require the team's active participation in analysis, development and testing activities.

Main technologies the solutions is based on is C# and Silverlight, although the long term strategy is to move to full MS WPF. 

The first and critical position that needs to be filled is that of a Development Team Leader. The role is a combination of hands-on development and managing a small team, initially 3-4 developers.

Main duties/responsibilities:

• Manage the development team - both people and technical leadership
• Actively participate in the hands-on development process, developing key application areas
• Distribute and delegate the tasks and ensure they are completes on time and to quality requirements
• Organize and coordinate the Agile / SCRUM development environment and serve as a key point of contact with other regional/remote teams

Requirements

• University degree in Computer Science, Maths, IT or other numerical discipline 
• Generally sharp and intelligent individual ideally with strong Maths background
• Very good strong knowledge in C# programming
• Experience with Silverlight and/or WPF
• Database experience is very important, any RDBMS will do, but ideally MS SQL Server
• Strong team leader/manager  - at least a couple of years experience in team lead capacity, managing a small team
• Very good written and verbal communication skills in English - a must have requirement due to the nature and set up of the team, interaction with multiple regions

Benefits

• Very attractive remuneration package - no salary ceilings, each case is individual and final offers depend only on your skills/knowledge and overall value
• Joining one of the most sought after IT/Development companies in Czech Republic
• Working in an international team(local and virtual) of professionals on complex software development projects using Agile methodology
• Employee benefits - very generous system of standard and above standard employee benefits
• Annual personal and company level performance bonuses - significant add-on to the above the market rate salaries
• Training and development programs - training locally and in the UK in financial services industry specific subjects
• Very convenient office location - red line metro
• Hi-end professional office space
• Genuine career growth and professional development opportunities - company will grow further and so will you

 Zeebra has been a preferred recruitment supplier for over 4 years and has an outstanding success record in placing candidates within this company. As a result we have developed strong relationships with the relevant line managers and gained important insights into the internal processes within the company. In turn this allows us to match you to the most relevant roles and make accurate introductions. If you are interested in learning more please feel free to contact us through www.zeebra.cz or email your CV/inquiry directly to alex@zeebra.cz for immediate consideration and reply.