Staff Software Engineer

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.; Westchester (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the team responsible for the company’s web and services platform, overseeing administrative and reporting tools.

You will collaborate with UX/UI, product managers, and developers to design scalable architecture, optimize performance, and mentor a team of full stack engineers. This role emphasizes technical vision, code quality, and delivering reliable software in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of enterprise web development experience.
• 3 years’ experience leading teams of software developers.
• Strong understanding of the enterprise technology stack.
• Demonstrated ability to apply technology solutions to business problems.
• Strong in-depth experience in SQL performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with all layers of the development stack including Java EE backend and Angular frontend.
• Ability to articulate and explain technical solutions to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design/Manage implementation of overall product and service integration architecture
• Prioritize/Manage development effort required to fulfill product feature requests
• Define/Design architecture/solutions with enterprise architects to create scalable web apps
• Create technical specifications and test plans
• Write, translate, and code automation scripts to test, maintain, and monitor solutions; collaborate with DevOps to transition to production
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

Full stack development

Team leadership

Technical communication

Enterprise tech stack

Java EE

Tools

Java EE

Angular

SQL

Job description

Job Description

The Staff Software Engineer is responsible for leading the team that supports and enhances the code base used for company’s administrative and reporting tools. Responsible for all development practices for the web and services (integration) platform. Lead the implementation of the full stack web experience. Work closely with UX/UI department in leading the technical vision for our products. Collaborate with designers, product managers, and developers to deliver compelling and efficient tools/products. Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues. Lead, coach and train a team of full stack developers.

Responsibilities

• Design/Manage implementation of overall product and service integration architecture
• Prioritize/Manage development effort required in order to fulfill product feature requests in a timely manner
• Define/Design architecture/solutions, working with enterprise architects and the Manager, Software Engineering in order to create scalable/robust web applications
• Create technical specifications and test plans
• Consistently write, translate, and code automation scripts to test, maintain, and monitor solutions. Work with the DevOps to transition software into a production environment
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of enterprise web development experience, 3 years’ experience leading teams of software developers
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology stack
• Demonstrated ability to apply technology solutions to business problems
• Strong in-depth experience in SQL performance tuning
• Hands on experience with all layers of the development stack, including Java EE backend and Angular frontend
• Ability to articulate and explain technical solutions to stakeholders