Software Engineering Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead a development team to ensure high quality and timely delivery of projects.
• Promote Agile Scrum practices and values and play the Scrum Master role.
• Participate in the Agile software development (Scrum/Kanban) from concept, design, to full-stack code and test
• Lead the Continuous Improvement philosophy for the development.
• Actively participate in the software solution development and guide the system architecture roadmap and the key technical decisions.
• Ensure feature ease-of-use, ease-of-support, robustness, scalability and security are always key ingredients to the recommended design solutions
• Coach the team members in applying the best practices and methodologies in software development.
• Lead the implementation of procedures and methodologies to improve the quality of the software (unit testing, Continuous Integration, Automated Testing).
• Take an active role in project planning (estimations, timelines, and milestones) and progress tracking.
• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure all interdependencies and impediments are understood
• Collaborate with product owners to define/refine requirements, break down into development tasks, estimate effort, and plan milestones & deliverables
• Facilitate discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Responsible for the overall efficiency of the team.
• Identify opportunities to: innovate, improve software architecture and cloud infrastructure, and/or offer new ideas.
• Advocate for simplicity, reliability, manageability, scalability, extensibility, reusability and performance
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as necessary.

Required Education:

• BS in Computer Science, or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) major or equivalent experience.

Required Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in software development using various technologies, frameworks and tools
• 3+ years of experience in leading teams and managing the delivery of software development projects.
• Experience in people management and the ability to lead and influence others
• Working knowledge of TFS (Team Foundation Server).
• Experience in: .Net Framework, ASP.Net, VB.Net, C#, Web Services (WCF/Web API), JavaScript, JQuery, HTML, CSS, SQL Server, Visual Studio, TFS
• Experience developing secure code meeting OWASP standards
• Experience working in a continuous integration and deployment development environment,
• Experience practicing Scrum/Kanban and can adapt to Scrum values

Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven time management, organizational and follow-up skills to meet deadlines
• Abilities to lead and motivate a team.
• Strong facilitation and coaching skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven time management, organizational and follow-up skills to meet deadlines
• Abilities to effectively work and collaborate with remote colleagues.
• Quality-oriented with a passion for customer satisfaction
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong work ethic and professionalism
• Good communication skills