Technical Lead, Applications Platform

Roberts Recruiting, LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruiting agency in Boston seeks an experienced Technical Lead to manage the Applications group. This role involves design, building, and delivering advanced services on the Genome Platform, and requires strong skills in Scala, Java, and team management. Ideal candidates will have a hands-on approach and a proven track record in developing commercial software. A collaborative environment awaits you with opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a software engineer using Scala, Java, or C++.
• 1+ year as a manager or technical lead.
• Full-stack experience, including HTML/JavaScript/CSS.
• Strong SQL skills, Postgres knowledge a plus.
• Significant experience developing and releasing commercial software products.
• Expert software design skills.
• Strong listening and communications skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage team priorities and day-to-day activities.
• Design new applications, features, and services.
• Build, execute, and maintain a development roadmap.
• Code and test features using iterative development.
• Coordinate development with internal and external teams.
• Research new technology to improve software quality.

Skills

Scala

Java

C++

SQL

AngularJS

Machine Learning

Data Visualization

Education

Undergraduate degree in Math, Physics, Engineering, or Computer Science

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

MongoDB

Postgres

Job description

Technical Leader- Applications Group (Full Stack, Scala)

We seekpassionate and innovative Technical Lead to manageour Applications group. The Applications group is charged with designing, building, and delivering innovative services on the our Genome Platform. This team is responsible for a wide variety of projects, from automation and big data normalization to analytics, BI, and service APIs.

As leader, architect, and individual contributor you will help build the team, define a roadmap, and provide technical leadership. Successfulcandidates will excel at turning a complex and aggressive vision into an actionable set of discrete and prioritized objectives. This is also a hands on role where you will get the opportunity to role up your sleeves, employing technology to solve really challenging problems.

If you are passionate about creating world-class innovation that delivers practical user benefits, join us.

Responsibilities

• Mange team priorities and day to day activies
• Design new applications, features, and services to support our extensive application suite
• Work with customers and product management to build, execute, and maintain a development roadmap.
• Code and test – ship features using iterative development and continuous deployment
• Coordinate development between internal and external teams
• Develop, report, and publish project specifications, resource requirements, schedule details, milestones, deliverables, priorities, and risk assessments
• Research new technology, development, or management tools to improve quality and performance of software development processes
• Quickly learn and use the followingtechnologies: Scala, AngularJS, machine learning, Map/Reduce (Hadoop, Spark, etc), MongoDB, Postgres.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a software engineer using Scala, Java, or C++.
• 1+ year as a manager or technical lead
• Strong SQL skills, Postgres knowledge a plus
• Significant experience developing and releasing commercial software products
• Ability to understand business requirements and develop analytic solutions to complex problems
• Ability to analyze complex data and present results to business users; report building and data visualization skills a plus
• Undergraduate degree in a quantitative field (Math, Physics, Engineering, and/or Computer Science).
• Strong listening and communications skills.
• Highly motivated self-starter and can do attitude
• Thrives in a dynamic and collaborative environment