Position: Head of Development
Company: FORM
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

**Requirements:**
•	Deep knowledge of software engineering (Java, messaging protocols, web services, microservices)
•	Experience leading and contributing to software architecture
•	Exceptional critical thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to quickly understand complex systems and data
•	Excellent understanding of database systems
•	Familiar with cloud technologies and software deployment to the cloud
•	Experience in building, delivering, and operating products
•	Strong understanding of the Agile software development cycle
•	Leading teams working in an Agile environment
•	Be comfortable to be the point of escalation
•	Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
•	Strong verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills
•	Hiring experience

**Duties:**
•	Architecture supervision, general view, mentoring
•	Business growing support, performance adjustment
•	Dev. team support, learning, mentoring, retention
•	Team leads support, learning, mentoring, retention
•	Planning, estimates, factual hours control
•	Participation in business continuity and stability support
•	Responsiveness for releases schedule
•	Most important tasks implementation
•	Most important parts of code review
•	Team performance improvement
•	Libraries, 3rd party products, frameworks selection
•	Interviews with candidates

**Why we love working here:**
•	An enjoyable, team-oriented, and professional atmosphere in a flat-structured organization
•	We work in an international team of open-minded geeks
•	Everyone has a voice in our company, and many ways for getting your ideas across
•	We have very open lines of communication and expect it both ways

**Why FORM:**
•	health insurance
•	top-level, talented team and challenging projects
•	global leader in data collection technologies
•	direct contract with US-based company
•	challenging projects and professional growth opportunities
•	fully remote work OR if you prefer office - convenient location (few minutes from a subway station)
•	performance-based income review
•	flexible schedule