Sitecore Platform Tech Lead – Global Engineering

Socket.dev; New Jersey; On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Verisk is seeking a hands-on technical leader with deep Sitecore expertise to steer the technical direction of our Sitecore platform and lead the engineering organization. You will translate business opportunities into scalable solutions, and drive solution architecture, design reviews, and prototype development from concept to production.

You will mentor engineers across globally distributed teams, shape long-term strategy, and partner with stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software development and application maintenance, including significant hands-on experience with Sitecore XP, XM, or XM Cloud.
• Demonstrated experience leading software engineering teams, including globally distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a globally distributed engineering team through hands-on technical leadership, performance management, mentoring, and coaching.
• Define and execute the long-term technical strategy for the Sitecore platform, including software architecture, security, scalability, reliability, process automation, and alignment with business objectives.
• Partner with Product Owners and business stakeholders to translate business needs into technical requirements, solution architectures, delivery plans, and actionable engineering tasks.
• Design and implement resilient, scalable architectures that maintain application availability and minimize downtime.
• Remain actively involved in solution design, code and architecture reviews, troubleshooting, performance optimization, refactoring, and resolution of complex technical issues.
• Provide technical guidance to software engineers and establish development standards and engineering best practices.
• Evaluate new technologies and recommend improvements to the platform, architecture, development processes, and delivery model.
• Develop work breakdown structures, delivery schedules, resource plans, and budget estimates for complex software development initiatives.
• Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, project status, risks, dependencies, and priorities effectively to engineering teams, business partners, customers, and senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate the complete software development lifecycle, from architecture and design through development, testing, deployment, and production support.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

Job description

Verisk is seeking a hands-on technical leader with deep Sitecore expertise to steer the technical direction of our Sitecore platform and lead the engineering organization. You will translate business opportunities into scalable solutions, and drive solution architecture, design reviews, and prototype development from concept to production.

You will mentor engineers across globally distributed teams, shape long-term strategy, and partner with stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable