Lead Software Engineer: Build High-Impact DevTools

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Pullman (WA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Competitive pay

Top-tier benefits

Career development programs

Job summary

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. in Pullman, WA, seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join a new productivity tools team. You will improve existing tools, shape the roadmap for new ones, train users, and help set the team's software development culture.

Within 6–12 months, you will exceed internal expectations and measurably boost productivity. Required: a BS in Computer Science and six years of full‑stack development; experience delivering full lifecycle applications and collaborating

Qualifications

• Six years of full-stack software development experience.
• Leading technical decisions across a team or project.
• Working directly with users to define requirements and validate solutions.
• Designing, building, and supporting applications through the full lifecycle.
• Code reviews and maintaining documentation artifacts.
• Experience mentoring engineers, associates, and interns.

Responsibilities

• Lead the specification, design, and delivery of custom software tools that raise R&D quality and productivity.
• Define, collect, and report measures tying tool adoption to productivity outcomes.
• Lead the full application lifecycle of assigned tools and maintain their documentation artifacts.
• Lead the strategy for automated testing, release readiness, and post-release support.
• Define, adopt, and improve development processes across the team.
• Train internal customers on new tools and workflows, and gather feedback for the roadmap.
• Mentor Engineers, Associate Engineers, and Interns.

Skills

Full-stack development

Leadership

Requirements gathering

Code review

Mentoring

User collaboration

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Tools

GitHub Copilot

GitHub Actions

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. in Pullman, WA, seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join a new productivity tools team. You will improve existing tools, shape the roadmap for new ones, train users, and help set the team's software development culture.

Within 6–12 months, you will exceed internal expectations and measurably boost productivity. Required: a BS in Computer Science and six years of full‑stack development; experience delivering full lifecycle applications and collaborating