Software Engineering Technical Lead

qtsdatacenters; Suwanee (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

QTS Data Centers seeks a Software Engineering Technical Lead to guide a team of 4-5 engineers and establish scalable architectures for the SDP platform. You will drive best practices, review code, and coordinate complex feature work and bug fixes.

Responsibilities include leading design discussions, crafting data models, estimating tasks, and mentoring junior developers while ensuring high-quality technical documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering with APIs and system integration.
• Experience with front-end and back-end tech: Angular, Java 8+, Spring, Hibernate, SQL, REST.
• Strong diagnostic, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.
• Experience leading offshore software developers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 4-5 software engineers and establish patterns and architectures.
• Perform code reviews and coordinate tasks.
• Lead requirements analysis and system architecture, including DB schemas and tech choices.
• Estimate technical tasks and create documentation.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and mentor team members.

Skills

APIs & system integration

Leadership & mentoring

Scrum & Agile

Communication & collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Java

Spring Framework

Hibernate/JPA

SQL

Angular/JS/TypeScript/HTML/CSS

D3.js

Three.js

OAuth

Scala

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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