Lead Engineer

Description

You will work closely with a cross-functional team of developers, QA engineers, and product owners in a fast-paced and cutting-edge environment. You will always find new challenges that excite you and keep you motivated.

Responsibilities

•    Design and develop software applications supporting business objectives 
•    Use AI tools like co-pilot effectively to accelerate delivery
•    Maintain, enhance, and support existing applications
•    Analyze and debug applications in development and production environments and resolve production issues within the accepted timeframes
•    Participate in design and technical meetings
•    Participate in code reviews
•    Perform thorough Unit/Integration Testing of assigned applications
•    Write technical documentation and release notes for the applications
•    Provide technical guidance to junior programmers and other software engineers

Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field
•    5-8 years of proven experience in software development and system maintenance 
•    Experienced at developing elegant-yet-simple systems using best practices and design patterns
•    Solid experience and understanding in the following technologies: NET Core, C#, ASPNET Web API, ASPNET MVC, Angular, Webpack module loader, NPM, JSON/XML, LINQ, Entity Framework, IoC frameworks, CI/CD, Redis
•    Practical use of AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot or Claude to accelerate development, code review, and debugging workflows 
•    Solid understanding of CSS syntax, HTML5 specs, browser shortcomings/differences, and polyfills
•    Solid understanding of Bootstrap/Material CSS components and how/when to use each
•    Experience working with AWS technologies like Batch, Lambda, S3, SQS, etc.
•    Excellent understanding of object-oriented design concepts and software development processes and methods
•    Solid understanding of parallel programming, async/await, and the TPL library
•    Developed software in the SCRUM environment using Agile methodologies
•    Ability to effectively work on multiple projects simultaneously and effectively contend with competing priorities
•    Possess strong troubleshooting, code optimization, and refactoring skills
•    Ability to learn and adapt to continuously changing technology
•    Must have a passion for development and the latest technologies
•    Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Nice to haves:
•    Designer’s eye
•    Multi-threaded programming experience in both procedural and functional paradigms
•    Understanding of prompt engineering, vector databases/embeddings, and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures