Senior Software Engineer Team Lead (Java/React)

Bellwood; United States; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open PTO

Subsidized Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Profit Sharing

Company Retreats

Job summary

Bellwood is seeking a Senior Software Engineer Team Lead to guide a team focused on delivering enterprise systems. This role involves primary technical contact and leadership in a collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Java, Spring Boot, React, and AWS, with strong leadership skills. Engage in agile methodologies while fostering team development. Benefits include hybrid working arrangements, open PTO, and more.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent.
• Experience in software management and engineering.
• Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, scale, and enhance Software Products based on Client Needs.
• Manage projects in Agile methodology.
• Consult with users and management to assess computing needs.

Skills

Team Leadership

Java/Spring Boot

React

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Docker

GitHub Actions

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS PaaS technologies

Azure

Job description

Senior Software Engineer Team Lead (Java/React)

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer Team Lead to lead a team building significant Enterprise systems, to serve as the primary technical contact with the business, and to provide technical and relational leadership to our team of software engineers.

This is a unique opportunity to work alongside an experienced team that excels at building quality client products at scale.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable Team Leadership in an agile environment
• Deep experience with Java/Spring Boot, React, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Cloud Architecture.
• Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• AWS certification in any of the following – Solutions Architect, Infrastructure Architect or Systems Ops.
• Docker
• GitHub Actions

The role also requires a voracious appetite to learn and apply new skills. You should be skilled at building web-based software or mobile apps, and excel at building software with different sets of tools and in different client environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand the big picture and business context of the client, and collaborate with Product Owners and Business stakeholders to digest the vision of the product into Epics, Sprints, and Tasks
• Design, build, scale, and enhance Software Products, Apps, and Platforms based on Client Needs and Business Requirements
• Experience with analytics and reporting system in Azure / AWS
• Manage project in Agile methodology
• Excellent soft skills, comfortable and effective reporting upwards, drives for solutions and delivery
• Subject matter expert (SME) of multiple agile software development lines and the associated platform
• Help application product teams bring their latest ideas to the field faster and provide the fault tolerant and highly scalable core of our customers platform as a service for internal users; review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity
• Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements
• Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems

Required Skills/Experience

• 6+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent. 5+ years of experience in software management, engineering, or design
• Well-versed in building product-quality software on AWS including experience in designing for high availability, building multi-region and multi-set architectures using virtual networks, availability sets and affinity groups
• Configuration and deployment experience in two or more of the following: AWS PaaS technologies (RDS/Dynamo, Lambda, and API Gateway); Deployed applications with Web UI frontends; Deployed application with RESTful services interfaces; Expert level knowledge regarding AWS IaaS services (i.e. Compute, networking, storage, backup and archive, DR, security, monitoring, etc.); Strong expertise in AWS Security & Identity services (i.e. Active Directory, Domain Services, Security Center, Governance)
• Experience as a hands‑on technical practitioner/specialist in client facing roles in large enterprises and demonstrated client facing consulting skills, including building strong client relationships
• Excellent verbal, presentation and written communications skills
• Strong team skills including the ability to lead distributed teams and play the liaison

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has 7+ years of full‑stack software development experience
• Has experience building and scaling Software Products and enjoys mentoring and leading other developers
• Has experience architecting and deploying Software Products to Cloud Providers like Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, or Azure

Travel Requirements

This position requires mandatory travel to attend two key company‑wide events annually. These events are essential for our organizational goals and provide valuable opportunities for team engagement and collaboration. The company will arrange and cover all travel and accommodation expenses. Additional travel related to the role, including client site visits, may also be required.

Benefits

• Hybrid – Travel in office two times a week
• Open PTO
• Subsidized Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Short/Long Term Disability
• Profit Sharing
• Company Retreats