Lead Software Engineer

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
7+ years relevant industry experience, with 3+ years as a senior software engineer
Strong communication skills, both oral and written
Experience in Agile development methodologies
Proficient in API fundamentals, best practices, and REST API architecture
Database knowledge of MySQL, MongoDB or MSSQL
Possess expertise in current programming languages (Python preferred) and technologies, with strong skills in writing code and programming tasks
Strong problem-solving and organizational skill set
Experience with virtual server technologies such as VMware, OVirt and others
Lead and influence the direction and prioritization of the design and development of highly scalable software systems and applications
Experience delivering applications using CI/CD tools following best practices
Knowledge and experience with source control systems and CI/CD pipelines (Git, Gitlab, Jenkins, or similar tools)
Enjoy working in a team setting with engineers of varying experience.

Propose and implement technical solutions for existing and new tools based on the requirements provided by infrastructure and development teams.
Mentor other developers in technology and processes, enabling their growth.
Collaborate with Principal developers to come up with technical solutions that impact existing and new tools.
Help enhance existing processes that will make the engineering team more efficient and productive.
Work typically involves large or highly sophisticated software programs and systems
Must be able to write readable, succinct, and bug-free code for highly scalable and highly available infrastructure management.
Collaborate with other engineers on the team for regular code reviews
Support systems and services during production incidents as part of the on-call rotation.

Has had a leading role in the design, implementation, and deployment of one or more high volume, cross-functional enterprise-level systems
Experience writing unit tests / implementing test driven development processes
Has worked on systems that automatically deploy bare metal systems at scale
Experience developing rich, interactive and well-performing user interfaces using frameworks like React or Angular.
Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Grafana, Splunk, New Relic or similar)
Has deployed Windows Server OS images to virtual or physical infrastructure using an automated toolset