Engineer, Software - Lead I

Work as part of a small agile team to design and implement new features and technologies.  Deliver high-quality, high-performance code in an agile environment.  Use, evaluate, and learn exciting new technologies that keep products and teams on the cutting edge.  Provide technical direction and oversight for a single development project.  Contribute to the leadership of cross-functional teams.  Help lead the design, development, and maintenance of complex solutions with a focus on quality, performance, and resiliency.  

• Oversee the work being done by other software engineers working on the team, coordinating team activities with other teams and product groups, maintaining software architecture standards. 
• Consistently defines and applies technologies, standards and software engineering practices, mentoring other team members  
• Contributes in leading and directing software engineering resources to ensure timely and quality delivery of services.   
• Responsible for mentoring junior talent as well as directing technical staff through technical challenges, tasks and projects.   
• Develop key product features within existing large-scale enterprise applications & new strategic initiatives.  
• Participate in the full SDLC involving design, implementation, testing, and launching. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (QA, Business Analyst, Tech Pubs, etc.) in an Agile/Scrum team environment. 
• Assist with the generation and analysis of business and functional requirements for proposed software solutions. 
• Participate in and sometimes lead architectural and database design discussions as they relate to product direction. 
• Create design specifications, documentation, and unit testing plans as defined by the Agile development process. 
• Generate data for project planning, including task breakdown and estimation of work for a project.  Tracks status within the project as necessary.  
• Delegates tasks to project team members to balance work and increase team cross-training 
• Raises long-term architecture issues within project 
• Own the delivery of an entire piece of a system or application, and serve as a technical lead on small to midsize complex projects. 
• Build software solutions where the problem is not well defined. Design and define the interaction between the other component pieces. 
• Maintain and support software solutions post-production. 
• Implements and debugs some of the more involved/complex functionality. 

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Required Work Experience:  

N/A

Preferred Work Experience:  

• 5-7 years of professional experience in software development. 

Physical and Mental Requirements:  

• Ability to sit or stand for long periods of time. 

Knowledge:  

• Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented (OO) design patterns, distributed databases, and data modeling techniques. 
• Proficiency in Enterprise Java programming plus one or more modern programming languages  
• Experience in development of distributed/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications. 

Skills:  

• Ability to multi-task  
• Analytical skills  
• Ability to follow verbal or written instructions  
• Thinking analytically  
• Communication  
• Using effective verbal communication  
• Using effective written communication  
• Handling stress & emotions  
• Concentrating on tasks  
• Making decisions  
• Adjusting to change  
• Examining/observing details 
• Ability to direct and motivate other technical resources. 
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. 
• Motivation to drive tasks to completion and take ownership of projects 
• Ability to work well with people and be both highly motivated and motivating 

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science or equivalent (Required)