Lead Full Stack Developer, MongoDB

• 10+ years of experience working as a software developer, with 3+ years of experience as a technical lead
• Strong proficiency in Java
• Some experience and knowledge of Python or JavaScript/Node.js
• Strong experience in building applications that interact with relational databases using SQL
• Some experience of Enterprise Java (J2EE / JavaEE / Spring) application architectures
• History of delivering high-cadence modern applications with applied Agile methodologies, test-first development approaches, adopting CI/CD pipelines and using Git version control
• Proven experience in leading software/application development projects
• Able to provide technical direction and authority to the whole delivery team (to developers, the project manager and other customer and executive stakeholders)
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills when collaborating with team members and external stakeholders within the wider MongoDB organization and the customer’s organization
• Strong strategic thinking capabilities to understand and align technical work with business goals
• Ability to travel and work on customer sites for a number of continuous weeks

Desirable

• Act as the lead technical software developer in a small Agile team delivering solutions onsite for customers focussed on migrating one of the customer’s legacy relational database based Java applications to a more modern cloud-based architecture running on MongoDB, leveraging the latest GenAI tools and approaches to accelerate this process. During each project, successful candidates will be required to innovate on potential new GenAI-based solutions for specific challenges in addition to applying existing playbooks and tooling for migration
• Stay at the forefront of the industry by staying abreast of the latest GenAI advancements and leveraging cutting-edge developments to fulfill migration projects
• Innovate new development processes, technologies, and project approaches as they evolve, especially from emerging GenAI capabilities
• Participates as the lead software developer on small Agile teams, delivering software-based solutions for migrating and modernizing customer legacy applications to MongoDB
• Expand migration playbooks where applicable and invigorate the team to be prepared to innovate, filling in gaps with creative solutions to solve challenges on each specific project, using experience to prioritise the best ideas
• Actively drive the technical part of sprint grooming, planning, and showcases alongside the project manager, providing ideas, suggestions and guidance to the rest of the team
• Provide technical direction to the team and partner with the project manager on projects to drive them to a successful conclusion. This includes managing technical challenges and risks and identifying mitigation strategies
• Study the current state of each legacy application, the desired target state outlined by the customer, and drive the technical planning, design and solution to get from source state to target state on each project
• Be prepared to change direction on projects, if customer or account team priorities change, and act in a way that brings the rest of the team with you on this direction change
• Face-off to lead technical personnel on the customer side to resolve issues and identify solutions