Lead developer

Nexiva•Tallahassee, FL

7h•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Developer will be assigned to the Florida Department of Transportation’s Office of Information Technology, serving business-unit needs by facilitating software development, documenting critical business processes, analyzing business functions for effectiveness and efficiency opportunities, and assisting with process redesign, development, and testing. The role ensures adherence to software development standards and may involve analyzing financial systems and dependent business processes and supporting re-engineering efforts related to an ongoing business transformation. The candidate will work as a developer, facilitator, and subject matter expert for applications and services supporting complex financial business processes on large cross-functional application projects. The role includes developing and maintaining applications, helping ensure robust and scalable solutions, and providing guidance and oversight to quality assurance from code inception through integration, staging, and production. The candidate will collaborate with distributed teams, support continuous improvement, and contribute to development standards, methodologies, roadmaps, and documentation.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience as a lead developer or development manager.
At least 5 years of broad experience with development technologies, including Azure SQL, SQL Server, and Oracle databases or similar relational databases.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or another related technical field, or equivalent work experience.
Knowledge of relational database terminology and concepts, including SQL proficiency.
Experience developing and maintaining software systems dealing with complex financial business processes.
Strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal, conflict-resolution, and customer-service skills.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-volume, deadline-driven environment.
Ability to balance multiple demands and work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to conduct complex systems analysis and translate user requirements into business solutions.
Ability to apply research and best practices to problem avoidance and continuous improvement.
Ability to communicate effectively and lead development teams.
Professionalism when dealing with all levels of management and staff.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Microsoft Visual Studio/.NET.
Knowledge of ORMs, Entity Framework, and n-Hibernate.

Responsibilities

Facilitate software development efforts and document critical business processes.
Analyze current business functions to identify opportunities for improved effectiveness and efficiency; assist with process redesign, development, and testing.
Ensure software development standards are followed.
Analyze financial systems and dependent business processes and assist with re-engineering in areas affected by business transformation.
Develop and maintain applications dealing with complex financial business processes and serve as a subject matter expert for those applications.
Work as a developer, facilitator, and subject matter expert on large cross-functional application projects, ensuring robust and scalable solutions.
Provide guidance and oversight to quality assurance for new code from inception through integration, staging, and production.
Identify, analyze, and resolve problems and issues using troubleshooting tools and techniques and teamwork.
Collaborate on continuous improvement, including design, roadmap definition, and standardization of processes and methodologies.
Collaborate with developers and architects on guidelines, methodologies, and documentation.
Partner with distributed cross-functional teams to communicate, support, and deliver all aspects of projects to high standards.
Develop and apply knowledge of relevant trends, software development technologies, and methodologies.