Lead Developer

First Command Financial Services, Inc.•Fort Worth, TX

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead Developer is a leader across the development organization. They work closely with members across teams and with business owners and leaders. In conjunction with development responsibilities, the Lead Developer establishes and champions best practices and processes for development and First Command’s SDLC. They work alongside Architect and Lead roles to define, lead, and assist in vision and design of business solutions, and they are drivers of improvement for our processes and technical practices. A Lead Developer is a person who needs little to no supervision or oversight. They are self-motivated individuals who have strong time management skills which facilitate working on special interest initiatives.

Requirements

Required – Bachelor’s degree
6 to 12 years’ experience
Required – Expert knowledge of programming languages all 3 tiers (UI, API, DBMS)
Required – Expert knowledge of SQL or comparable data querying language
Required – Expert knowledge of Git and Development IDE
Required – Extensive experience with web and cloud platforms (Azure Preferred)
Required – Solid Knowledge of DevOps tools and mindset
Required – Solid Knowledge of HTML5/CSS3
Required – Solid Experience with REST and SOAP services
Required – Application of SOLID design principles within solutions
Required – Test Driven Development Experience
Required – Visio or comparable drawing tool
Required – Work alongside others and be a team player
Required – Ability to lead a team’s efforts and direction
Required – Up to date with latest programming trends, techniques and technologies

Nice To Haves

Preferred – Knowledge of infrastructure and networking concepts
Preferred – Infrastructure as Code

Responsibilities

Works alongside the architect and consultant roles to define the vision and solutions
Leads team members in solution designs and work breakdown
Participates in all phases of the software development lifecycle
Preparation and execution of test plans (unit, integration and functional)
Leads effort to create and document deployment and release plans
Establishes and champions First Command coding and design standards/best practices
Communicate and work alongside members of their team in support of their day-to-day work items
Works with business partners to ensure alignment between the ask and the output
Works across teams to drive technical and procedural improvements
Performs peer reviews and sign-off for other team member’s work to ensure adherence to defined development standards
Key player and leader in an Agile environment, participating in daily huddles, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc.
Continued education of First Command business processes by engaging business partners
Mentors junior team members in best practices and standards
Serve as an escalation point for other team members on technical issues
Works with architect and consultant roles to evaluate new technologies that will define parts of the development technology roadmap
Leads Community of Practices or other internal training opportunities within the development group
Leads troubleshooting processes to determine root cause analysis
Responsible for performing business and technical knowledge transfer with their peers
Continued education to learn additional technologies, agile processes, programming languages, industry best practices and tools that are needed within First Command