Software Engineering Technical Lead

QTS Data Centers; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

QTS Data Centers is seeking a Software Engineering Technical Lead in Atlanta, GA. The role leads a 4-5 person team of software engineers, defines patterns, best practices, and core architectures for the SDP platform, enabling the team to build features and fix bugs efficiently.

You will drive architecture decisions, oversee API and integration work, and mentor engineers while coordinating cross-functional tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Seven or more years of Software Engineering experience with a focus on APIs and system integration.
• Experience with front-end technologies such as Angular, JavaScript, Type Script, HTML, CSS, and back-end technologies such as Java (8+), Spring framework (Boot, Secuirty), Hibernate (JPA), SQL, REST.
• Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of portal software, design, and development.
• Experience working with or leading offshore Software Developers.
• Strong technical documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement applications using microservices architecture style
• Perform code reviews
• Coordinate team work tasks
• Lead requirements analysis and system architecture, to include building data base schemas and selecting the best development approach
• Technical specification and tasks estimation
• Perform Scrum ceremonies (PG, retrospective etc.)
• Mentor team members
• Prepare technical documentation

Skills

Software Architecture

Microservices

Code Reviews

Scrum

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Java

Spring

Hibernate

SQL

REST

Job description

The Software Engineering Technical Lead is responsible for leading a team consisting of 4-5 third-party Software Engineers. The successful candidate will establish patterns, best practices, and underlying architectures for the SDP platform that the rest of the team can build on top of to create features and resolve bugs.

RESPONSIBILITIES, other duties may be assigned.

• Implement applications using microservices architecture style
• Perform code reviews
• Coordinate team work tasks
• Lead requirements analysis and system architecture, to include building data base schemas and selecting the best development approach
• Technical specification and tasks estimation
• Perform Scrum ceremonies (PG, retrospective etc.)
• Mentor team members
• Prepare technical documentation

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent professional experience
• Seven or more years of Software Engineering experience with a focus on APIs and system integration
• Prior experience working with front-end technologies, such as Angular, JavaScript, Type Script, HTML, CSS, as well as back-end technologies, such as Java (8+), Spring framework (Boot, Secuirty), Hibernate (JPA), SQL, REST
• Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge of portal software, design, and development
• Experience working with or leading offshore Software Developers
• Strong technical documentation skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Four or more years of experience working with Microservices architecture
• Prior experience determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team
• Experience with D3.js and Three.js (WebGL)
• Basic knowledge of OAuth
• Experience with Scala

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Excellent interpersonal skills (communication, conflict resolution, negotiation, etc.) when dealing with internal and/or external audiences at all levels of management
• Able to use organizational skills to determine prioritization and appropriate multitasking.
• Focus on scope, tone, and quality of processes and their respective documentation, as well as the associated goals, priorities, deadlines, and weaknesses.
• Ability to work independently, with supervision, on a project of varying complexity.

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