Lead Platform Software Engineer

This role is responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment. As a Lead Platform Software Engineer, you will have relevant experience with both front-end and back-end coding languages, software development architecture and design patterns, development frameworks and third- party libraries. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in developing consumer-facing digital products in collaboration with product and design leaders. This individual must be creative, client focused, team player, organized, and can thrive in a dynamic environment.

Our engineering team is built on the principle of humans over code. We are a tight-knit group of lifelong learners in a constant quest to be a team that is greater than the sum of its parts. Come join us!

• Design, develop, and test applications (e.g. API, web apps) in accordance with established standards.
• Set short to medium term technical direction, creating plans to help achieve goals
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
• Package and support deployment of releases.
• Foster an environment where different backgrounds, cultures, industry and life experiences are embraced and valued.
• Collaborate on architecture decisions, ensuring that we are adapting and evolving to meet organization’s scaling business needs
• Collaborate with other software developers, product managers and software architects to plan, design and deliver applications.
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on time and within budget.
• Ensure that non-functional requirements such as security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability are being considered when architecting solutions.
• Work in an Agile framework to identify and automate solutions that result in enhanced developer experience and increased developer productivity.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in solution architecture and technology innovation.
• Contribute towards defining and establishing benchmarks, metrics, and quality measures.
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience:

• 7-10 years of experience in software or solution architecture roles, with a focus on designing and implementing complex, enterprise-level solutions using cloud platform
• Strong knowledge of software architecture principles, design patterns, and architectural frameworks.
• Strong understanding of Continuous Delivery patterns, Cloud foundational patterns, Observability patterns, Developer experience patterns.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience

Technical Proficiency and Skills

• Proficiency with:
• js
• React
• TypeScript
• Apollo GraphQL
• Git Version Control System
• PostgreSQL
• Google Cloud
• Jest
• Docker Container
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Experience with one or more cloud platforms, preferably GCP
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Great attention to detail and organizational skills
• Experience delivering individual and institutional client facing solutions; Web Portal(s), online payments, and third-party integrations
• Good understanding of Agile/Scrum methodology
• Expertise in delivering secure, high performance, fault-tolerant, and high availability solutions
• Experience with DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD, SecDevOps, Containers, Serverless

Other Requirements:

• Infrequent travel (10%)
• Ability to occasionally work overtime or after hours
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

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