Sr. Software Developer

Mike Albert Fleet Solutions; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mike Albert Fleet Solutions is seeking a passionate technologist to lead and support the architecture and design of business solutions. This role involves collaborating on application development and system integration, focusing on enhancing efficiency and innovation.

The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of software development experience, including experience as a Technical Lead or Architect, and is proficient in full-stack technologies. A Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a related field is required, alongside excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive experience in software development, including 2+ years in a lead/architect role.
• Experience with system environments (Linux & Windows).
• Ability to evaluate technical design trade-offs manually.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Enhance applications in a Scrum team.
• Lead architectural and design reviews.
• Mentor team members in engineering best practices.
• Collaborate on software enhancements and automation.

Skills

Full-stack software development

SQL expertise (PL/SQL, Oracle)

Java

React

Go

Containerization (Docker)

Cloud technologies (Azure, AWS)

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

This position is a passionate technologist that is responsible for the creation, deployment, and support of tools and systems that enable the company’s business goals and further our competitive advantages. Design and implement solutions as part of an agile team that address important business problems through system and data integration. Serve as an active participant and technical leader in developing the overall architecture and design of our solutions in collaboration with other team members.

Responsibilities

• Work in a Scrum team, focusing on enhancing our current suite of applications, and maintaining our software landscape to promote internal efficiencies, reduce risk, ensure compliance, and promote business agility and innovation.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Subject Matter Experts, and other team members to design new applications and perform modifications to current applications.
• Collaborate with the team and broader IT organization in introducing, architecting, and advancing our automation practice(s) focusing on testing, building, and deployment.
• Lead and advise the evaluation and recommendation(s) of application software packages, application integration, testing tools, and full-stack technologies.
• Define and enforce system architecture standards, API contracts, service boundaries, and integration patterns across applications and services.
• Own technical design decisions including technology selection, service decomposition, data flow strategies, and cross-system integration approaches.
• Conduct architecture and design reviews for team deliverables, ensuring alignment with long-term platform direction and scalability requirements.
• Serve as the technical escalation point for complex design problems, providing guidance on trade-offs between performance, maintainability, and delivery speed.
• Mentor team members on design principles, architectural patterns, and engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Comprehensive and demonstrable full-stack software development skills and experience utilizing modern and open-source technologies to build enterprise business applications (Java, React, and Go preferred).
• Extensive SQL experience and expertise (PL/SQL and Oracle technologies preferred).
• Must be comfortable working in and managing multiple system environments (Linux & Windows).
• Capability and willingness to learn new tools and technologies.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in software development, with at least 2 years in a Technical Lead, Architect, or Senior Role with design responsibilities.
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or equivalent technical field and/or equivalent demonstrable experience in an enterprise level professional setting.
• Proven ability to be flexible and motivated, work well both independently and as part of a team, and possessing the passion and aptitude for technical leadership.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other application development areas to define standards and manage change.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Able to communicate effectively with a diverse group of individuals with varying levels of technical understanding and varying skillsets.
• Exposure and professional experience with deploying modern web applications utilizing containers (Docker) and cloud technologies (Azure & AWS).
• Track record of leading technical design sessions, producing architecture documentation or ADRs, and guiding developers through design trade-offs.
• Ability to evaluate build-vs-buy decisions and present trade-off analyses to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience establishing or contributing to engineering standards, code review practices, and development workflows for a team.
• Familiarity with architectural patterns such as event-driven design, microservice decomposition, or domain-driven design is preferred.