Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

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As the Lead Engineer of the team, you will be responsible for 2-4 engineers with a wide variety of skills. The individual in this role will have room for growth and have the ability to make a big impact within the company.



Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders and other contributors in Engineering, Product, and Design to produce technical specifications, documentation, and implementation plans for new and existing functionality.


• Collaborate with other Engineers and Engineering leaders to select tools, frameworks, vendors, and services to maximize the effectiveness of Engineering efforts.


• Assist in the timely and high-quality delivery of initiatives, product features, and capabilities by leading the delivery process and providing reporting to stakeholders.


• Make direct code contributions to the Collective code base and review the contributions of others to ensure code quality and adherence to specifications.


• Monitor and measure the health and continued operation of production resources, the deployment of features, and operational requests to support them.


• Coordinate the efforts of the team across multi-month and multi-quarter projects and initiatives to produce incremental progress across multiple time horizons.


• Assume ownership of one or more specific capabilities of the product and its design, implementation, and maintenance.


• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other Engineers beyond those assigned as direct reports.


• Establish and reinforce best practices from the industry and improve the implementation of those practices on the team over time.


• Provide mentoring and coaching to 2 to 4 other Engineers as their primary source for performance assessment and improvement.


• Receive mentoring and coaching from Engineering Management on how to improve your performance and that of your direct reports.


• Directly responsible for hiring and firing, performance reviews and improvement, and career management and retention of direct reports.

• At least 9 years experience working on a Software Engineering team with relevant technologies and methodologies.


• Deep knowledge of or specialization in one or more relevant technologies in our stack:


• Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders across an organization.


• Experience coordinating other Engineers through the delivery of a complex software project, including maintenance.


• A coaching and growth mindset open to getting and giving feedback and constantly improving yourself and others.


• A strong sense of ownership of and responsibility for your work and that of the team.


• An ability to be adaptable to an ever-changing and fast-paced environment.