Software Engineering Technical Lead, HireVue

• We’re looking for an experienced, full-stack engineer
• Someone with experience designing, building, deploying, supporting SaaS products. You should have familiarity with cloud development, Test Driven Development (TDD), RESTFul APIs, XSS attacks, and MVC web frameworks
• Someone who understands fundamental computer science concepts. That doesn’t necessarily mean you have a CS degree. You should be able to describe technical design options, engineering trade offs, making technical recommendations and decisions
• Someone with a firm grasp of SQL and databases in general (including non-relational databases). You should know how to do CRUD operations, what indexes are and why they matter, and the difference between a left join and an inner join for instance
• Someone to work hand in hand with Product and UX, to design solutions that deliver business value and delight customers
• Due to responsibilities of this role that require elevated access to production data, the successful candidate for this position must be a US-based US citizen
• B.S. in Computer Science (or related field), equivalent trade school degree, or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years in a software engineering role, 12+ years preferred
• Highly proficient with languages and technologies listed below
• Experience with dialogue systems, machine learning systems, multi-agent LLM architectures, and AI natural language processing (NLP)
• Familiarity with AWS foundational services
• Experience working effectively in a global virtual environment
• Ability to design scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud architectures
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and containerization (e.g., Docker.)
• Understanding of security best practices

Desirable

• As a Software Engineering Technical Lead at HireVue, you’ll report to one of our Engineering Directors and be responsible for leading technical initiatives from inception to the hands of our users
• You will be empowered to drive continuous improvement and constantly evaluate the return on investment on every decision we make when building our products
• You’ll be in a hands-on development and technical lead role collaborating with our cross-functional teams to help continue building the leading HireVue platform
• Your focus will be architecting solutions, writing quality code, leading other engineers by example, and solving technical challenges that will continue improving the experience of our users
• You will become a key contributor to the codebase, willing to work in any area of the code when needed
• You will be coding our cutting-edge human interaction software, working on an Enterprise-level Chatbot software platform to help companies engage candidates, post-hire performance, and help candidates land their dream jobs
• This role involves domain and product area ownership, specifically focusing on developing and enhancing communications with users through various forms such as chat, email, messaging, and more
• You will ensure seamless and effective engagement, improving both candidate and customer experiences
• Our ability to deliver quality software to our customers in a timely, predictable manner will be directly attributable to your capacity to identify and address challenges faced by the initiatives you will be leading
• Lead the development of the HireVue platforms ensuring that we’re utilizing the best development techniques, architectural patterns, frameworks and libraries for those initiatives
• Own and ensure the resolution of complex problems found in our systems and integrations
• Find opportunities to broadcast knowledge and lessons learned across delivery teams
• Delegate to teammates and work with them to ensure they're successful
• Identify technical debt buydown opportunities and work with the product line leadership team to prioritize these activities
• Ensure patterns are in place to provide thorough automated testing with tests at each level of the test pyramid
• Communicate patterns and solutions through both thorough written documentation and technical presentations