Technical Team Lead – Cairo, Egypt (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

1. Technical Task Management & Team Coordination

• Analyze technical requirements and break them down into clear and actionable development tasks.
• Assign tasks to developers based on technical expertise, experience, and workload.
• Define technical scope, acceptance criteria, and implementation expectations.
• Estimate development effort and identify task dependencies.
• Balance workload across the development team to maximize efficiency and delivery.
• Monitor development progress and proactively address technical blockers.
• Escalate, reassign, or support tasks when technical complexity exceeds the assigned developer’s capabilities.
• Ensure developers understand the proposed technical approach before starting complex developments.

2. Code Review & Quality Assurance

• Review critical and high-impact development work through Git Merge Requests.
• Ensure compliance with Odoo development best practices and internal coding standards.
• Evaluate code quality, performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.
• Identify and address:
• Poor ORM usage
• Unnecessary database queries
• Performance bottlenecks
• Incorrect recordset handling
• Security vulnerabilities
• Incorrect access rights and record rules
• Unnecessary customizations
• Poor inheritance approaches
• Incorrect use of computed fields and dependencies
• Duplicate or reusable functionality that should be centralized
• General maintainability concerns
• Provide constructive and actionable feedback to developers.
• Ensure developers understand the rationale behind code review comments and recommendations.

3. Odoo Technical Development

• Participate in the design and development of complex Odoo solutions.
• Develop, customize, and maintain Odoo modules and integrations.
• Apply best practices in:
• Python
• Odoo ORM
• PostgreSQL
• XML
• JavaScript / OWL
• QWeb
• Git
• REST APIs and third-party integrations
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.

4. Technical Solution Design & Review

• Review technical solutions before implementation for complex requirements.
• Determine the most suitable approach using:
• Standard Odoo functionality
• System configuration
• Existing extension points
• Custom development
• External integrations
• Challenge unnecessary customizations and recommend scalable alternatives.
• Identify performance, security, and maintainability risks before development begins.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with project architecture and Odoo version requirements.

5. Technical Leadership & Developer Support

• Act as the primary technical escalation point for the development team.
• Support developers in resolving complex technical challenges.
• Investigate and troubleshoot difficult bugs and performance issues.
• Guide developers toward optimal Odoo framework solutions.
• Promote technical knowledge sharing and best practices within the team.
• Establish and maintain reusable technical standards, patterns, and documentation.
• Mentor and develop team members to improve technical capabilities and performance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of hands-on Odoo development experience.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring, or technically supervising developers.
• Strong experience in Odoo customizations, module development, and integrations.
• Advanced knowledge of Python and Odoo ORM.
• Strong PostgreSQL database expertise.
• Experience with XML, JavaScript, OWL, QWeb, and REST APIs.
• Strong Git version control and code review experience.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot, optimize, and maintain Odoo applications.
• Leadership & Technical Competencies
• Ability to assign tasks based on technical capability and workload.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to identify technical risks and development challenges early.
• Excellent code review and quality assurance capabilities.
• Strong mentoring and coaching skills.
• Ability to distinguish between functional requirements and technical implementation concerns.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to establish, enforce, and continuously improve development standards.
• Strong organizational and workload management skills.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Odoo certifications are a plus.
• Experience working in ERP implementation environments.
• Experience with enterprise-level Odoo projects and integrations.
• Familiarity with Agile and Scrum