Project Role: Custom Software Engineer

Project Role Description: Develop custom software solutions to design, code, and enhance components across systems or applications. Use modern frameworks and agile practices to deliver scalable, high-performing solutions tailored to specific business needs.

Must have skills: Agile Project Management

Good to have skills: NA

Minimum 5 year(s) of experience is required

Educational Qualification: 15 years full time education

Summary:

As a Software Development Lead, you will develop and configure software systems, either end-to-end or for specific stages of the product lifecycle. Your typical day will involve collaborating with various teams to ensure the successful implementation of software solutions, applying your knowledge of technologies and methodologies to support projects and clients effectively. You will engage in problem-solving and decision-making processes, ensuring that the software development aligns with project goals and client expectations.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Agile Methodology Implementation
  Lead the implementation of agile methodologies across development teams.
  Develop and maintain agile frameworks, guidelines, and documentation.
  Ensure teams follow best practices in agile development and delivery.
  Perform Scrum Master for one or multiple PODs / Scrum teams.
• Project Management and Delivery
  Drive project approval and prioritization processes in collaboration with IT and business leadership.
  Track project progress and communicate updates to upper management, staff, and customers.
  Manage production support tasks and resource utilization to maximize efficiency.
  Secure delivery for projects and product teams performing Agile ceremonies and training the team for rotational roles (Scrum Master).
• Team Leadership and Mentorship
  Contribute to managerial activities such as hiring, performance management, associate development, department staffing, budgeting, and policy enforcement.
  Provide coaching and mentoring for teams, act as a servant leader securing the best adoption of methodology for the usecase.
  Foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
  -Continuous Improvement
  Promote a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the teams.
  Conduct retrospectives and implement feedback to improve processes and outcomes.
  Maintain relationships with outsourced IT service providers and vendors.
• Stakeholder Management
  Partner with IT, Product Owner, and key stakeholders to align delivery strategies with business goals.
  Communicate agile practices and benefits to stakeholders and promote agile adoption.
  Manage purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and vendor invoices for IT suppliers.

Professional & Technical Skills:

• Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban. Scaling framework as SAFe or Nexus.
• Project Management Tools: Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub issues
• Communication Tools: Slack, Microsoft Teams.
• Collaboration Tools: Confluence, Share Point.
• Technical background is a plus: Cloud and Development

Additional Information:

• The candidate should have minimum 5 years of experience in Agile Project Management.
• 9+years of technical experience in various IT disciplines, gaining conceptual knowledge of information technologies and methodologies.
• This position is based at our Hyderabad office.
• A 15 years full time education is required.

15 years full time education

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
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