Altvia is looking for a strong Senior Software Developer/ Technical Lead to guide our software development teams through the architecture and implementation of product work. Responsibilities of this role include guiding teams to architectural decisions, acting as the technical sounding block during planning sessions, implementing solutions alongside the teams, and troubleshooting technical issues with the teams as needed. 

Organizationally, you’ll be supporting product work streams that will have one or more developers. You must be able to work well and get along with others, and have a strong focus on supporting your peers and our customers. You must also have a passion to help ensure high quality software to maintain the trust of our highly valued customers as well as have a strong desire for continuous improvement that pushes you to learn and become involved in how our software is developed. 

We imagine a successful candidate to be one who thrives on keeping up to date with new technologies and architectures and mentoring those around them. They exhibit traits such as thoroughness, attention to detail, curiosity, is easy to work with, strong written and verbal communication skills, being a team player, and the ability to learn new technologies quickly. We believe in team centric, agile development where each member is a vital contributor to, and is accountable for, our customer's, and our success.  Our development team believes strongly in delivering high quality and a testing discipline that ensures our customers are confident in our company and our services. Our developers have a passion for learning and teaching.  We integrate knowledge sharing and research into every iteration and give our developers time to discover the right way to solve our problems. Our developers believe it's equally important for that knowledge to be shared with the entire team so that any developer can work on any story at any time. We believe agility isn't just about sprints and planning days, it's the way we think, plan, and prioritize to make sure we deliver what is needed, when it's needed.

Our products are all cloud-based, with a mixture of technologies that include Salesforce, Ruby on Rails, Typescript and React, with some of the applications hosted on Amazon AWS. Some of the tools we use include Slack and JIRA.

Technical Lead responsibilities include:

• Review product requirements and collaborate with teams to develop new features
• Mentor and support the technical growth of team members
• Guide teams to architectural decisions
• Work with product owner for sprint planning
• Work with Director of Engineering to align on technical and architectural direction
• This role does not involve people management, however you will be responsible for developing those around you and ensuring the execution of work on your team.

Technical Lead requirements are:

• 5+ years of experience working as a software developer, preferably in Typescript or Node
• A computer science or engineering background
• Interested in being a full-stack developer with an area of expertise (backend/frontend)
• Significant experience working in software development teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong technical understanding of SQL, HTML, CSS and general Web technologies
• Strong architectural design skills
• Understanding of Agile/Scrum development principles
• Experience with performance and/or security testing will be a bonus
• Understands what it means to build scalable, secure, SaaS solutions.
• Bonus if already have working knowledge of both front and back end systems and frameworks
• Bonus if you have experience with roles and permissioning systems
• Bonus if you have experience with ETLs, data marts, data visualization tools and report building tools
• Bonus if you have a strong technical understanding of AWS, terraform, and DevOp practices
• Bonus if you have a strong technical understanding of graph modeling
• Is a self motivated life long learner with a passion for their field, and a desire to share their knowledge and experience with their team.
• Wants to be part of a company that is constantly innovating and looking for new opportunities.
• Thrives in a team centric culture.
• Understands and believes in agile development.  
• Believes that they are the best person to ensure the code they write is solid, tested, and ready for customer use.
• Believes in automated (unit / integration) testing and is capable of writing tests that ensure their work is ready for customers no matter how long ago it was created.
• Bonus if they have worked on consumer as well as business web applications
• Can adapt and adjust schedules with their team to ensure everyone is able to balance their work and personal lives while still nailing each delivery date.

Why You'll Love It Here:

We at Altvia truly believe that where you work matters and we know a thing or two about what makes employees happy. Some of the perks we provide are:

• Opportunity to work for an entrepreneurial company in an exciting phase of growth
• Ability to work flexibly from home and our offices in Downtown Denver or Broomfield
• A Commitment to our community around us through corporate sponsorships of local non-profits and by offering paid time off to all employees for volunteer days
• Competitive compensation package including 100% paid coverage for the employee (and generous coverage for dependents) for Health, Dental, Life, Disability benefits
• Opportunities for professional development in a dynamic, fast paced environment
• Paid holidays and generous PTO package
• 401(k) with matching plan and participation in equity plan after a 6-month waiting period
• Great company culture and office that includes foosball, ping pong, a full kitchen for enjoying great food and drinks together, regular team and company social events, and much, much more!
• Onsite fitness facility
• Full kitchen stocked with healthy snacks and weekly company lunches
• Fun office events and celebrations
• Thrive Bucks  (a bonus program to all employees to help everyone thrive outside of work)

Total compensation for this role is market competitive, in the range of $110,000-$140,000 annually, DOE.
 

In addition to our commitment to equal pay for equal work, Altvia is also committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, age, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, genetic information, parental or pregnancy status, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, national origin, disability, or veteran status.