Lead Software Engineer — Architect, Mentor, Impact

San Diego Blood Bank; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid vacation

Holidays

Sick time

403b retirement plan

Employee Assistance Program

Service Awards

Job summary

San Diego Blood Bank is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own the software architecture for a new browser-based business application. You will lead the development team, spend most of your time writing production code, and mentor two Software Engineer I roles through code reviews and pair programming.

You will establish engineering standards, implement secure practices, and coordinate with IT on deployments, tests, and runbooks while delivering high-quality software that aligns with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field/discipline from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience.
• Seven or more years of progressively responsible professional software development experience building and supporting web applications.
• Two or more years leading, supervising, or mentoring software developers.
• Demonstrated experience designing software architecture and selecting technology stacks for new applications

Responsibilities

• Define and document the overall software architecture for the business application, including selection of programming languages, frameworks, databases, and hosting infrastructure.
• Design, develop, test, and maintain production code across the full application stack.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards, including coding conventions, version control workflow, code review practices, automated testing, and build/deployment (CI/CD) processes.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications, work breakdowns, and delivery estimates in partnership with stakeholders.
• Plan and prioritize the development backlog and assign work appropriate to each developer's skill level.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop two Software Engineer I roles through code reviews, pair programming, and regular one-on-one coaching.
• Review all code prior to release to ensure quality, maintainability, and adherence to standards.
• Implement and maintain application security best practices, including authentication, authorization, and protection of sensitive data.
• Establish and maintain development, test, and production environments and release management processes.
• Monitor application performance and availability; troubleshoot and resolve production issues through to root cause.
• Maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, data models, and operational runbooks.
• Conduct research on products, tools, and services to enhance the application and development practices. Make recommendations for adoption of technologies to further organizational goals.
• Coordinate with IT infrastructure and security staff on integrations, backups, and disaster recovery planning.

Skills

Full stack

Automated testing

CI/CD pipelines

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Cross-functional

Emerging tech

Independence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

San Diego Blood Bank is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own the software architecture for a new browser-based business application. You will lead the development team, spend most of your time writing production code, and mentor two Software Engineer I roles through code reviews and pair programming.

You will establish engineering standards, implement secure practices, and coordinate with IT on deployments, tests, and runbooks while delivering high-quality software that aligns with