Lead Software Engineer

Terms of Employment

• Contract-to-Hire, 6 months 
• This position is hybrid. 
• The office is located in Reston, VA. 
• Candidates must reside in Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Florida, or Texas.

Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to manage the development of complex software systems. This role involves performing advanced analysis, design, coding, testing, and debugging across various applications, from system architecture integration to software design and implementation. The engineer will collaborate with end-users and stakeholders to define system scope and objectives, oversee modifications and maintenance of operational programs, and lead meetings to establish software requirements. Additionally, the position includes mentoring junior engineers and contributing to the creation of highly complex, innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers in the design, development, and implementation of multiple applications. 
• Performs and leads the detailed technical design, coding, code review and testing of new applications and enhancements of existing applications. 
• Serves as a subject matter expert for specified systems and their subsequent applications. 
• Develop and/or analyze interface design documentation. 
• Comply with hardware and software systems standards and procedures. 
• Deliver large systems for tens of thousands of users.
• Ensures compliance to the dev/sec/ops practices and policies. 
• Identifies gaps in requirements and solves problems for the supporting staff. 
• Identifies sequencing of services and technologies that are integrated in later phases of the project. 
• Leads the evaluation of risk and opportunity impacts to existing or proposed projects/programs and implements risk mitigation actions. 
• Develops ways to improve performance and increase system availability. Provides recommendations to infuse new technology. 
• Compile, assess, and report data results from software testing and analysis.
• Supports the Project Manager as the technical team lead on the project. 
• Estimates the technical costs of projects for clients and project managers. 
• Confers with clients to identify requirements and determine desired outcomes to formulate the design of the system or offer alternatives. 
• Assist in the estimation of development of application features.
• Leads software design and development teams. 
• Identifies, analyzes, defines, and coordinates user, customer, and stakeholder needs and translates them into technical requirements. 
• Manages technical resources (hardware, software, licenses, and services). 
• Plans and leads transformation initiatives to new software architectures. 
• Extend open-source libraries and systems as necessary to meet the needs of the team. 
• Play a crucial role in product scoping and roadmap / architecture discussions. 
• Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends, and best practices. 
• Ensure code quality, deployment standards and practices. Mentoring junior developers.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science.
• 8 years of software design and development, software test and evaluation, and software requirements management experience.
• Prior experience with onboarding web services on to the APIM platform.
• Experience building web services with MongoDB as the backend.
• In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies ( e.g. AWS, Azure).
• Knowledge of database technologies (e.g. cloud, SQL, Oracle, Mongo DB, PostgreSQL, etc.).
• Fundamental knowledge of software engineers’ best practices, agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of test-first practices including Test-Driven Development (TDD) for unit tests and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) for automated acceptance tests.
• Strong experience with Deployment/Continuous Integration/ Continuous Testing/ Continuous Delivery processes and tools and have expertise in CI/CD tools and framework.
• Experience with deploying a global application and configuration management.
• Reviewing the work of other developers and providing feedback.
• Ability to communicate technical requirements to all levels of expertise.
• Proficient in establishing and maintaining good working relationships.
• Knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Proficient with integrating complex and/or existing systems.
• Knowledge of programming languages (e.g. JavaScript, C, Python, etc.).
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• AWS cloud experience is highly desirable. 
• IBM API Connect experience.

nTech is an equal opportunity employer. All offers of employment are contingent upon pre-employment drug and background screenings. Only candidates who meet all of the above client requirements will be contacted by a recruiter.

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