Lead Developer

First Command Financial Services, Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

First Command Financial Services, Inc. is seeking a Lead Developer to lead the development organization. This role involves defining business solutions, mentoring junior team members, and driving technical improvements in an Agile environment.

The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in programming, especially in cloud platforms like Azure, and will be responsible for setting coding standards and best practices while ensuring task alignment between teams.

Qualifications

• 6 to 12 years’ experience required.
• Solid knowledge of programming languages, cloud platforms, and DevOps tools.
• Ability to mentor junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Define vision and solutions with architect and consultants.
• Lead team members in solution designs and work breakdown.
• Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle.

Skills

Expert knowledge of programming languages (UI, API, DBMS)

Expert knowledge of SQL or comparable data querying language

Expert knowledge of Git and Development IDE

Extensive experience with web and cloud platforms (Azure Preferred)

Solid Knowledge of DevOps tools and mindset

Solid Knowledge of HTML5/CSS3

Solid Experience with REST and SOAP services

Application of SOLID design principles

Test Driven Development Experience

Visio or comparable drawing tool

Ability to lead a team’s efforts

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

How will this role impact First Command?

The Lead Developer is a leader across the development organization. They work closely with members across teams and with business owners and leaders. In conjunction with development responsibilities, the Lead Developer establishes and champions best practices and processes for development and First Command’s SDLC. They work alongside Architect and Lead roles to define, lead, and assist in vision and design of business solutions, and they are drivers of improvement for our processes and technical practices. A Lead Developer is a person who needs little to no supervision or oversight. They are self-motivated individuals who have strong time management skills which facilitate working on special interest initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Works alongside the architect and consultant roles to define the vision and solutions
• Leads team members in solution designs and work breakdown
• Participates in all phases of the software development lifecycle
• Preparation and execution of test plans (unit, integration and functional)
• Leads effort to create and document deployment and release plans
• Establishes and champions First Command coding and design standards/best practices
• Communicate and work alongside members of their team in support of their day‑to‑day work items
• Works with business partners to ensure alignment between the ask and the output
• Works across teams to drive technical and procedural improvements
• Performs peer reviews and sign‑off for other team member’s work to ensure adherence to defined development standards
• Key player and leader in an Agile environment, participating in daily huddles, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc.
• Continued education of First Command business processes by engaging business partners
• Mentors junior team members in best practices and standards
• Serve as an escalation point for other team members on technical issues
• Works with architect and consultant roles to evaluate new technologies that will define parts of the development technology roadmap
• Leads Community of Practices or other internal training opportunities within the development group
• Leads troubleshooting processes to determine root cause analysis
• Responsible for performing business and technical knowledge transfer with their peers
• Continued education to learn additional technologies, agile processes, programming languages, industry best practices and tools that are needed within First Command

Qualifications

Education

• Required - Bachelor’s degree

Work Experience

• 6 to 12 years’ experience

Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Required - Expert knowledge of programming languages all 3 tiers (UI, API, DBMS)
• Required - Expert knowledge of SQL or comparable data querying language
• Required - Expert knowledge of Git and Development IDE
• Required - Extensive experience with web and cloud platforms (Azure Preferred)
• Required - Solid Knowledge of DevOps tools and mindset
• Required - Solid Knowledge of HTML5/CSS3
• Required - Solid Experience with REST and SOAP services
• Required - Application of SOLID design principles within solutions
• Required - Test Driven Development Experience
• Required - Visio or comparable drawing tool
• Required - Work alongside others and be a team player
• Required - Ability to lead a team’s efforts and direction
• Required - Up to date with latest programming trends, techniques and technologies
• Preferred - Knowledge of infrastructure and networking concepts
• Preferred - Infrastructure as Code