JD-Senior Technology Lead

JD: Senior Technology Lead
About Mercer | Mettl:
Mercer | Mettl is a globally leading talent measurement and front-running online assessment and
remote proctoring company. With over 4,000+ clients, 31 sector skill councils, and 500+
educational institutions as partners across the globe in over 90+ countries, Mercer | Mettl comes
with a strong legacy in skilling and talent measurement and first-mover advantage in remote
proctored assessments.
A recipient of the prestigious TiE50 award, Mercer | Mettl and its technology impact has been
written about by Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. Gartner has named Mercer | Mettl as
‘one of the best remote proctoring solutions available in the market’, and NSDC has selected us
as one of the 14 companies to drive innovation in the skills areas in India. Additionally, Mettl is a
winner of the India Emerging 20 Award and the Michael Porter & IFC-Mint Strategy Award for
Technology Enabled Assessments, held annually to recognize and honor the best Indian
companies in different niche categories.
For more information, visit www.mettl.com. Follow Mercer | Mettl on LinkedIn Mettl and Twitter
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The Mercer | Mettl Journey in Postcards (To follow from https://mettl.com/en/about/)
Our Goal:
With its growing portfolio of new age and advanced technological innovations in the industry-
leading trends, Mercer | Mettl is continuously expanding its business. We are looking to partner
with candidates who have a flair for problem-solving, critical thinking, and leadership and can
advance Mercer | Mettl’s core mission and vision of enabling organizations to build winning teams.
If you strive to learn every day, value innovation and working with and around agile and highly
driven individuals, and see yourself as an enabler of things, Mercer | Mettl is your next career-
choice.
About the Role:
We are based in Gurgaon and would be happy to meet the right prospects about the nature of
our business and global opportunities around it. The candidate should be willing to join us
immediately.
Role: Senior Technology Lead
Functional Area: Technology
Educational Qualification: Computer Science/ Electronics and Communication Graduates +/

Post Graduates from Premier Tier 1 colleges
Experience: 12+ years
Location: Gurgaon
Reporting to: Mercer Mettl CTO
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership and Strategy Responsibilities
● Lead the software engineering organization to successful delivery of business

outcomes.
● Build strong working relationships with business leaders to ensure software

engineering teams meet expectations and contribute to achievement of business goals.
● Collaborate with IT and business leaders to develop short- and long-term strategic
plans.
● Support and facilitate innovative and experimental software development work to test
new ideas, within bounded cost and time frames.
● Provide leadership, vision, and direction for the software engineering organization.
● Work with product management leadership to design, manage, and/or execute

product roadmaps.
Talent Management Responsibilities
● Manage resource allocation across teams to maximize business impact of resources

and ensure each team has the skills and capabilities needed to achieve its objectives.
● Manage software engineering talent, playing a key role in performance management

and compensation processes, role and competency definition, and diversity, equity, and
inclusion initiatives.
● Partner with Human Resources to create learning and development opportunities

aligned to the organization’s skill and capability needs, and to provide rewarding career
paths for software engineering staff.
● Recruit and hire talent to address new needs and skill gaps.
● Facilitate collaboration and partnership across software engineering teams and

stakeholders.
● Build a culture that supports learning, collaboration, transparency, and inclusiveness.
● Manage employee engagement and promote a compelling employee value

proposition to retain software engineering staff.
Oversight Responsibilities for Software Engineering Activities
 Champion best practices and modern software development methods and tools.
 Lead software engineering teams and other stakeholders to set goals for improving
code quality, maintainability, security, and scalability. Monitor progress against
these goals.
 Implement and manage software development status reporting, metrics, and
benchmarks.
 Manage collaboration with Infrastructure and Operations to ensure software
performs well in production and meets SLAs.
 Work with the Chief Technology Officer to ensure software is effectively secured
and that risks are mitigated.
 Oversee management of relationships with consultants, vendors, and contractors
and support negotiation of statements of work and business terms with suppliers.
 In collaboration with Infrastructure and Operations leaders, oversee DevOps
processes and practices, including automating the handoff of code releases from
development to operations.
 Must be a deep and hands-on engineer and must be able to strategize, design
implement, and migrate large and complex solutions in the domain of the
cloud/non cloud technologies (IAAS, PAAS, IAC, automation, security, network,
CI/CD) on AWS cloud (should have working knowledge of other clouds like Azure
and Google)
Ideal Candidate:
 Core Technology skills - Java/J2EE, Full stack development, Python, Micro services, ,
SQL/NO SQL Databases, Cloud (AWS), API development and other open source
technologies
 Configuration Management (Terraform, Chef, Puppet or Ansible)
 Demonstrated leadership skills and experience.
 Strong talent management skills including talent development, coaching,
mentoring, and team motivation.
 Experience leading geographically distributed teams.
 Ability to build and maintain strong cross-functional partnerships at all levels of the
organization.
 Strong business acumen and ability to understand and drive business objectives.
 Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a
condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing.
 Strong organizational skills, including an ability to perform under pressure and
manage multiple priorities with competing demands for resources.
 Understanding of software development methodologies and best practices.
 Understanding of relevant tools and platforms (e.g. cloud platforms, web
technologies, client-server technologies, continuous integration and deployment),
with an eagerness to learn about new and unfamiliar technologies.
 Adaptability and ability to manage rapid change in business needs, processes, or
technologies.

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About Mercer | Mettl:

The Mercer | Mettl Journey in Postcards (To follow from https://mettl.com/en/about/)

About the Role:

Functional Area: Technology

Educational Qualification: Computer Science/ Electronics and Communication Graduates +/

Experience: 12+ years

Reporting to: Mercer Mettl CTO

Leadership and Strategy Responsibilities

● Lead the software engineering organization to successful delivery of business

● Build strong working relationships with business leaders to ensure software

● Work with product management leadership to design, manage, and/or execute

● Manage resource allocation across teams to maximize business impact of resources

● Manage software engineering talent, playing a key role in performance management

● Partner with Human Resources to create learning and development opportunities

● Facilitate collaboration and partnership across software engineering teams and

● Build a culture that supports learning, collaboration, transparency, and inclusiveness.

● Manage employee engagement and promote a compelling employee value

Oversight Responsibilities for Software Engineering Activities

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