Lead Software Engineer

Software Engineering Overland Park, Kansas


Description

Responsibilities

  • Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
  • Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship.
  • Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
  • Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
  • Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web- and desktop-based business applications built on Microsoft technologies.
  • Assist in the development of user stories, estimates and work plans.
  • Prepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation, and maintenance of software.
  • Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards. Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
  • Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.
  • Analyze and resolve technical and application problems. Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.
  • Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget.
  • Involved through the entire software development lifecycle of analysis, design, coding, testing, implementation, and support
  • Continually grow personal skillset and knowledge base with independent research
 

Qualifications

  • 10 + years of experience in designing and developing the enterprise grade software applications using object-oriented programming concepts and Design patterns
  • 10+ years of Java development experience 
  • Proficient in of object-oriented design experience and Design patterns
  • Proficient in multi-threaded and asynchronous programming models
  • Proficient in SQL, Microsoft SQL server and ORM tools.
  • Experience in Test driven development and test automation.
  • Strong communication skills which will elevate technical team interaction. 
  • Ability to adapt and learn new technologies quickly and proactively.
  • Prior experience in a technical leadership position
  • Experience with agile development methodologies and use of JIRA.
  • Ability to identify, develop, and document business requirements, technical requirements, and functional design.
  • Shows initiative, attention to detail, and willingness to learn.
  • Professional work experience designing, building, and deploying a large-scale, enterprise software products
  • Advocate for best practices (standard naming conventions, architecture, design patterns)
  • Familiarity with working in an agile scrum environment and basic concepts of software development lifecycle methodologies
  • Ability to work out of our Overland Park, KS office 2 days onsite for a hybrid working schedule