Lead Product Software Engineer

The Blue Venture Fund; Oak Brook (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Blue Venture Fund in Oak Brook, IL is seeking a Lead Platform Software Engineer to oversee the full software development lifecycle from conception to deployment. The role requires experience with both front-end and back-end development, strong architectural sense, and the ability to work with product and design teams to deliver consumer‑facing digital products.

You will help define technical direction, participate in architecture decisions, and ensure high quality, scalable solutions within

Qualifications

• Experience across the full software development lifecycle.
• Proficient with front-end and back-end coding languages.
• Strong background in consumer-facing digital products.
• Ability to collaborate with product and design leaders.
• Experience with development frameworks and third-party libraries.
• Familiarity with architecture decisions and design patterns.
• Comfortable working in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test applications (e.g. API, web apps) per standards.
• Set short–mid term technical direction and create execution plans.
• Participate in peer reviews of designs and code.
• Package and support deployment of releases.
• Collaborate on architecture decisions.
• Work with product managers and software architects to deliver solutions.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade software.
• Ensure security, performance, scalability, usability, and reliability.

Skills

SDLC experience

Front-end development

Back-end development

API design

Architecture patterns

Frameworks & libraries

Agile

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

This role is responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment. As a Lead Platform Software Engineer, you will have relevant experience with both front-end and back-end coding languages, software development architecture and design patterns, development frameworks and third- party libraries. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in developing consumer-facing digital products in collaboration with product and design leaders. This individual must be creative, client focused, team player, organized, and can thrive in a dynamic environment.

Our engineering team is built on the principle of humans over code. We are a tight-knit group of lifelong learners in a constant quest to be a team that is greater than the sum of its parts. Come join us!

• Design, develop, and test applications (e.g. API, web apps) in accordance with established standards.
• Set short to medium term technical direction, creating plans to help achieve goals
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
• Package and support deployment of releases.
• Foster an environment where different backgrounds, cultures, industry and life experiences are embraced and valued.
• Collaborate on architecture decisions, ensuring that we are adapting and evolving to meet organization’s scaling business needs
• Collaborate with other software developers, product managers and software architects to plan, design and deliver applications.
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on time and within budget.
• Ensure that non-functional requirements such as security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability are being considered when architecting solutions.
• Work in an Agile framework to identify and automate solutions that result in enhanced developer experience and increased developer productivity.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in solution architecture and technology innovation.
• Contribute towards defining and establishing benchmarks, metrics, and quality measures.
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Other duties as assigned.