Principal Software Engineer Team Lead, Unanet

• We are looking for a Team Lead that shares our passion for building and scaling cutting-edge web apps and services in a fast-paced startup-like environment - one that already has the benefit of thousands of customers and millions of dollars in revenue
• 7+ years of software development experience, specifically in Java
• 2+ years of experience leading web application teams
• Proficient with J2EE/Java, MVC, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and SQL
• Excellent knowledge of data modeling and database design, including strong SQL skills
• Ability to flesh out user stories to be consumed by the rest of the team
• Ability to work as a full-stack engineer, with a keen eye for UI and APIs
• Experience working in an Agile environment (e.g., Scrum, Kanban)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Exposure to API and front-end development

Desirable

• We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer, Team Lead to elevate our web application and technology stack
• This role calls for a dynamic engineer with a proven track record in building well-designed, high-performance web applications that accommodate complex business rules
• At Unanet, the term “Principal” signifies a leadership role where you will not only influence your peers and enhance your technical expertise, but also demonstrate a commitment to mentoring others in their own career development
• This opportunity emphasizes the integration of AI-assisted development tools throughout our SDLC to enhance speed, quality, and innovation. Additionally, you will play a key role in shaping the direction of the platform you will be working on
• Lead a team of software development and quality assurance engineers with various levels of expertise
• Partner with Product Management to understand business requirements and end-user experience
• Drive web application architectural decisions by working with other leads, developing a maintainable and reliable set of edge applications
• Provide input towards technical and functional innovation, as well as development process improvements
• Enable our product team to tap into our valuable data sources and build incredible features for our customers
• Actively participate in all development projects and work together to build high quality solutions
• Present prototypes and functioning code to Product Management for review
• Actively participate in development projects and build high quality solutions
• Provide constructive feedback on merge requests to increase code quality
• Ensure software developed adheres to best practice and quality standards through code and design reviews
• Present ideas in the form of lunch and learns to technical staff to help shape our technical landscape
• In your First 30 Days, you will immerse yourself in our virtual onboarding program, learning our culture, our product and its technology stack
• You will attend our immersive courses to come up to speed on product features
• As a Team Lead, you will work with our other Leads and our lead architects to understand our product architecture, standards, and development tools
• You will collaborate with our Vice President of Product Development to understand and refine the currently defined technical roadmap that takes scalability, testing, and performance into account and present a gap analysis of what can be done even better
• Finally, you will work within the framework of our efficient and effective SDLC process
• In your First 60 Days, you will start working with your team to create and work on a backlog of product features and technical infrastructure work that was identified in your first 30 days, including the adoption of newly identified technologies for our upcoming product deliverables
• In collaboration with Product Management, you will co-create a backlog of work to systematically add new features from which the entire team can pull work items
• By Day 90, you will play an integral role in delivering our roadmap deliverables
• You will evolve and uplift our tech stack by advancing our technical roadmap and executing future deliveries
• You will mentor and train other development team members as well as play a meaningful role in hiring future members of our Engineering team
• Team Lead: Leads a Scrum Team (who does what and when) along with the Product Manager, efficiently manages Scrum activities with the support of our Scrum Master and contributes to production-deliverables (code) at least 50% of the time
• Tech Lead: Leads the tech stack and, along with our Team Lead, coordinates when technical items get done and put into production. Contributes to production-deliverables (code) at least 70% of the time