R&D Director

A leading Internet company in growth is looking for an experienced R&D Director.
 
The R&D Director will be in charge of day-to-day delivery aspects and projects and on improving the quality and capacity of the R&D team.
 
Responsibilities
 
v Lead the strategy for technology platforms, partnerships and external relationships.
v Responsible for the architecture, development and testing aspects of the product.
v Deal with high volumes of traffic and big data.
v Responsible for work methodologies and tools across all disciplines in the R&D and testing units, setting coding and coding review standards, testing standards, interfaces and hand-over procedures with internal customers, build and release management processes etc.
v Responsible for the full lifecycle of the product, from planning through development, testing and to supporting the product in production.
v Work closely within the R&D department to drive the R&D’s internal technological roadmap.
 
Requirements
 
v Hands on experience – MUST!!!.
v BSc/MA in Engineering, Computer Science or similar field – advantage.
v Demonstrable knowledge in web technologies including Angular/ PHP.
v Good knowledge in relational databases (MySQL) and NoSQL (Mongo).
v Experience in leading an R&D team.
v Experience in Online Marketing Technologies – advantage.
v A strong background in either Internet or Online products – advantage.
v Demonstrated team building and leadership skills.
v Highly dynamic and fast paced thinker.