Lead Software Engineer - Front End
About The Position
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will lead the development of projects under the Upsells vertical of our Sponsorship division. You will be accountable for working in a fast paced environment and collaborating with engineers across multiple teams. You will build highly scalable, modular solutions that solve complex business needs while keeping the user experience front and center. You will lead, manage and inspire engineers to deliver projects with high quality standards. You will be responsible for collaborating with other functions like product, design, PMO and business to understand the business needs and translate them into working software. This position may require you to occasionally work outside of standard business hours and participate in an on-call rotation to provide support 24/7.
Requirements
- 6+ years experience as a front end engineer, with at least 2 years as a lead engineer.
- Expert level knowledge of frontend design patterns
- Experience with Agile methodologies
- Experience working with React, NextJS, GraphQL and CSS
- Experience working in a distributed systems environment with micro-frontends and microservices
- Experience working with AWS or other Cloud Provider
- Experience with CI/CD servers (Gitlab/Jenkins)
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes or other orchestration/scheduling framework
- Experience building high performance and resilient applications operating at web scale.
- Experience building applications to be gracefully degradable.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate closely with remote team members
- Ability to clearly communicate technical topics to non-technical people
- Experience of mentoring team members and will delegate work accordingly
Nice To Haves
- Experience working as a backend software engineer will be considered as a plus.
- Experience working on legacy applications and migrations would be a plus.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of front end engineers of mixed levels and skill sets
- Participate and drive development work across globally distributed software teams
- Provide technical guidance to the team, including architecture and design decisions, code reviews, and technical problem-solving
- Own the full development and deployment cycle for your team’s software and product
- Encourage and grow developers in their craft through mentorship and leadership
- Organize, prioritize; multitask while coordinating team efforts, reporting to stakeholders and management on the progress of goals
- Connect with a series of stakeholders to gather as much information as possible regarding the problem at hand, and implement short to mid-term strategies to evolve products for future success. (UX / Design / Product / PMO…etc.)
- Make technical recommendations outside of the immediate team
- Debug and triage production application issues, often not your own
- Automate testing, deployments, performance, and recovery
Benefits
- Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)
- Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
- 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
- New parent programs including caregiver leave, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
- Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
- Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
