Lead Engineer
Role and Responsibilities
Highly technical, fully hands-on team leader with experience managing small to mid-size teams
Self-motivating, self-directing, and a great communicator (written and oral). You thrive in an environment that grants you a lot of autonomy to explore creative solutions
A track record of leading and mentoring less experienced developers. You are eager to teach others and invested in the growth of your team
Excellent problem solving skills. You excel at analyzing and solving problems using technology
Plan and document technical specifications for features or system design
Design, build and configure applications to meet business process and application requirements
Knows to take action and raise flags during all stages of development
Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical, international audience
Knowledge & Experience
4+ years of full-stack web development experience with any major server-side stack, databases, and modern front-end (JS, HTML, CSS)
Work closely with senior stakeholders both inside and outside the company to understand business requirements and help translate these into technical requirements for the development team
Partner with the Head of Product refine backlog items and provide input on backlog prioritization
Develop the strategic direction of the company through product and engineering leadership, making architectural decisions that ensure scalable solutions
Experience in security, scalability, resilience, and efficiency of backend components
Direct the development team in the design, development, coding, testing and debugging of applications
Lead “code reviews” for your team and consultant developers
Experience working remotely and/or working with teams that are distributed geographically
Solid knowledge of Data Science, including with scraping/aggregating, cleansing, and manipulating large amounts of data
Excellent Computer Science fundamentals, object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, problem-solving, and complexity analysis
Extensive programming skills in Python and Django or other similar languages and web frameworks, with a track record of getting stuff done. You are adept at shipping high quality, well-tested code in a fast paced environment
Write testable, scalable and efficient code
Knowledge in database architecture (PostgreSQL and NoSQL knowledge is a plus)
Understanding of common software design patterns
Working knowledge of AWS is a plus
Test-driven development (TDD) experience is a plus
Familiarity with Javascript frameworks is a plus
Diversity Commitment: All our partners are focused on building diverse and inclusive teams. They welcome people of all backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives and are equal opportunity employers. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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