Lead Developer

Spreadmonitor; Lead (SD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Spreadmonitor in the United States is seeking a lead developer to plan, manage and deliver multiple projects. You will oversee projects through their entire life-cycle, including estimation, technical planning, and tracking progress to meet deadlines.

Typically you will coordinate 4-6 developers across 2-3 projects. You will take ownership of requirements, lead technical planning and API development, mentor team members, and uphold high code quality.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software development and leading teams.
• Experience coordinating 4-6 developers across multiple projects.
• Strong communication in English and Hungarian.

Responsibilities

• Oversee projects from estimation through delivery and deadline adherence.
• Coordinate 4-6 developers across 2-3 projects.
• Define requirements and lead technical planning & estimation.
• Mentor developers and enforce high code quality.
• Conduct code reviews and maintain CI/CD workflows.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Communication

English language proficiency

Problem solving

Mentoring

Agile methodologies

Hungarian language

Tools

NodeJS

Angular

NestJS/Express

PostgreSQL

MSSQL

RxJS

Jest

Cypress

GitHub Actions

GitHub

Azure

Heroku

Job description

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a lead developer to plan, manage & deliver our various projects. Your job will be to oversee your projects during their entire life-cycle. This includes the responsibilities of estimation, technical planning, management of work and ensuring deadlines are met on the project. Usually you will co‑ordinate the work of 4-6 developers.

For the salary and other benefits of the job or to find out more about our vision please visit our career page.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• work closely with our long‑term customer to ensure their success
• manage the work of 4-6 developers across 2-3 projects
• take full ownership of projects:
• define requirements
• take leading part in the technical planning and estimation
• break down requirements to implementable task definitions
• manage, track and report project progress internally and externally
• ensure our deadlines are met
• take leading role in code reviews and mentoring
• ensure our high quality code standards are met
• hold well‑being meetings with members of your team
• take part in development process

We Expect You To Have

• deep understanding of NodeJS
• deep understanding of how databases work (Postgres & MSSQL)
• solid understanding of how to write effective SQL queries
• solid knowledge of HTML and (S)CSS
• at least ~5 years work‑experience in software development
• at least ~3 years work‑experience with building APIs
• at least ~2 years work‑experience with Angular 2+
• experience with unit, integration and e2e testing
• ability to manage the work of other developers on a project
• good communication skills both in Hungarian and English
• experience in code‑reviews and mentoring
• you strive for perfection but can accept realities of a given situation
• problem solver attitude, everything is a challenge for you

It's a Plus If You

• had completed a complex multi‑year project before
• know what continuous integration and continuous delivery is
• experience with any other frontend frameworks beside Angular
• sense of beauty for UI and basic UX
• experience with Azure in any area (storage, serverless, VMs)
• know Python or Java

Our Way Of Working And Tools

• we work agile and lean
• we use Github
• project management is via Github issues and milestones
• on the backend we use NodeJS with NestJS or Express
• on the frontend we develop with Angular & RxJS
• we use Jest for unit testing and Cypress for E2E testing
• we have CI/CD configured for each project via Github Actions
• our smaller projects are Hosted on Heroku
• our larger projects are hosted on Azure