Principal Software Engineer and Technology Lead

Ten Mile Square Technologies • Arlington, VA

73d • $158,000 - $181,700

About The Position

Ten Mile Square is looking for a talented and experienced Principal Software Engineer to lead a remote-first team of talented full-stack software developers. The successful candidate will have a history of hands-on leadership and expertise with software development methods, technologies, and tooling. The initial assignment is greenfield development of a loan origination system for an established financial institution. You will work with our CTO, partners, and engineers to deliver high velocity high value solutions to our client.

Requirements

• 2 years of experience as a tech lead.
• 5 years of experience as a senior software engineer.
• 10+ years of software development experience including 3 years of TypeScript and Node.
• 2 years of experience working with GraphQL.
• Expertise in developing and deploying on AWS.
• Expertise in SQL.
• Working knowledge of at least one of the following frontend JavaScript frameworks: Angular, Ionic, React, Vue.
• Full application stack development experience: front-end to persistence.
• Full software lifecycle participation: requirements to post-implementation.
• Linux command line.
• Experience choosing technologies for use with green-field system development.

Nice To Haves

• Be passionate about what you do.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and concepts quickly.
• Detail-oriented.
• High integrity and quality of work ethic.
• Self-motivated to proactively identify and solve problems.
• Excellent communication skills – within team and with clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of sr. software engineers, software engineers, software engineer in test automation (SDET), and DevOps.
• Work with client executives and product team to translate business needs into requirements, epics, stories, and tasks.
• Work with the client product team to groom the backlog, plan workstreams, plan sprints, and assign sprints and tasks to software engineers.
• Architect, design, and build a loan origination system using Node, Apollo GraphQL, Angular, Camunda, and a suite of AWS components including but not limited to EKS, Lambda, S3, MSK, and Aurora.
• Contribute as member of an Agile team and promote Agile practices.
• Work with tech leads and the product team to help determine functional requirements for the system.
• Mentor junior developers on the team.
• Proactively collaborate with the Ten Mile team on development and knowledge sharing.
• Represent yourself and Ten Mile Square with integrity, expertise, and value.
• Maintain the confidentiality of our clients on an ongoing basis.

Benefits

• 100% company paid medical, dental, and vision insurance (including family).
• 100% company paid individual short- and long- term disability.
• 3% company contribution to 401(k).
• 15 days paid time off per year.
• 10 training days per year.
• 8 company holidays.
• Individual performance based quarterly cash incentive.
• Combined individual and company based annual cash incentive.
• Public transit reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees