Senior Software Engineer II: Lead & Innovate

Rocket Homes Real Estate LLC; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Supportive team culture

Job summary

Rocket is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to drive innovative software solutions, mentor teammates, and lead deployment patterns. You will guide code reviews, develop reusable modules, and contribute to Agile practices while supporting production systems.

The role emphasizes collaboration, documentation for diverse audiences, and ongoing improvement of development processes within a Detroit-based team.

Qualifications

• Expertise solving problems by developing software solutions that require innovation.
• Expertise with programming languages and platforms such as C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Angular or AWS.
• Experience developing software modules or patterns used across multiple teams.
• Expertise designing integration tests, leading software releases, and providing ongoing support.
• Experience helping facilitate Agile software development practices and artifacts (user stories, backlog refinement, sprint planning).
• Experience mentoring and developing others.
• Experience providing thought leadership to influence software development practices.

Responsibilities

• Solve difficult problems for the team using software and provide examples of new technology or patterns.
• Release and validate software, developing new deployment patterns as necessary.
• Lead software support, incident resolution and blameless reviews.
• Develop code modules and patterns useful beyond the immediate team.
• Conduct exploratory or experimental work to develop prototypes.
• Guide code and design reviews for the team, helping establish standards.
• Provide software documentation and demonstration for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Mentor team members on any of the above.
• Assist leadership with improving flow by identifying and helping address technical debt and process issues for the team.

Skills

Problem solving

C#

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Angular

AWS

CI/CD

Agile

Mentoring

Thought leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Rocket is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to drive innovative software solutions, mentor teammates, and lead deployment patterns. You will guide code reviews, develop reusable modules, and contribute to Agile practices while supporting production systems.

The role emphasizes collaboration, documentation for diverse audiences, and ongoing improvement of development processes within a Detroit-based team.