A Lead Software Engineer should have a passion for delivering high quality, customer-focused solutions. A Lead Software Engineer should have 7+ years of full-stack development experience with an eye toward code security, quality, and maintainability. This individual will usually be assigned to the development of one specific project or product, or a set of related features and deliverables. The ability to provide direction and set expectations with development staff, mentor developers, and manage development activities such as support and code reviews is a requirement to be successful in this position.

Job Requirements

• Lead a team in the development of web application features using Agile development processes.
• Provide hands-on mentoring, peer review, and coaching of developers.
• Provide technical expertise, direction, support, and assistance to product owners, quality assurance, and software developers.
• Ownership of production support (including off-hours) and troubleshooting activities within team.
• Identify and document root cause of technical issues through technical code scrutiny.
• Build user interface and server side components using approved frameworks in Java.
• Present feature designs/code for review.
• Participate in design/code reviews of other team members’ features.
• Produce high quality code to meet feature requirements.
• Ensure that secure coding practices are developed and thoroughly enforced.
• Provide software functional direction and support to product owners, quality assurance, and developers.
• Assist in the troubleshooting, diagnosis, and resolution of issues throughout the entire product lifecycle.
• Assist management with feature requirement analysis and estimation to ensure proper scope and on-time delivery of features.
• Maintain safety, security, and privacy standards throughout all areas of responsibility.
• Work with other team members at the architecture, design, and code levels to ensure standards-based, high performance systems.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of popular software development processes, i.e. Agile, Scrum, Feature Driven Development.
• Experience with troubleshooting and resolving application defects within a mature production system.
• Test-driven development.
• Relational database design and administration.

Skills

• Prior experience with SQL, Linux, and general Unix shell scripting.
• Knowledge of Oracle databases and PL/SQL.
• Experience using UML standard design artifacts such as class models and sequence diagrams.
• Experience with J2EE patterns, development best practices, and iterative methodologies (e.g., RUP, XP, FDD).
• Comfortable with Java IDEs such as Eclipse.
• Experience with Selenium automated testing.
• Strong experience with XML, Restful APIs, Client side scripting, ORM frameworks, MVC frameworks, and asynchronous messaging is required.
• Architecture experience with synchronous and/or asynchronous messaging constructs, standards, and technologies such as MQ Series, SOAP, and HTTP messaging.
• Experience with Eclipse/IntelliJ, Git, Maven, and other build/development tools.
• Experience working with Application Servers, Websphere, and Jetty.

Abilities

• Strong leadership and mentoring skills.
• Able to work independently on routine assignments, such as maintaining and modifying existing application programs.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to think critically and problem solve.
• Self-motivated and adaptable.
• Ability to communicate effectively throughout organization.
• Effective conflict management skills.
• Effective time management skills.
• Service-oriented.

Other Essential Requirements

• 7+ years’ experience as a software developer/architect with a strong development background in Java/J2EE.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Advanced degree(s) in Computer Science is preferred.
• Agile Scrum certification is a plus.