About the position
Oteemo is looking for an experienced Lead or Principal Software Engineer to establish software engineering teams that build high-quality software products. The role involves mentoring and supporting software engineering teams, establishing Software Product Development Lifecycles, and designing and implementing successful software products. The candidate will work with a variety of commercial and Department of Defense customers, helping them advance their software engineering organizations. This position is hybrid, requiring 1-2 days a week onsite in College Park, MD, and candidates must be able to obtain a Secret Government Clearance.
Responsibilities
- Establish Engineering best practices and guidelines for software design and implementation across the organization
- Provide hands-on experience, guidance, and strategy around Design Pattern solutions and their application
- Design and Develop Prototypes and Proofs of Concepts
- Establish reusable templates and code libraries, and processes and guidelines for contributing to them
- Provide strategy and guidelines for consolidating and standardizing implementation solutions for future reuse
- Collaborate with Software Application Product teams each development cycle to provide consultation and guidance
- Lead Design Review boards and discussions
- Encourage and facilitate knowledge sharing and upskilling among software engineers
- Catalog and maintain an inventory of implementation solutions across the organization
Requirements
- 7+ years experience as a hands-on Software Engineer
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related degree, or equivalent experience
- Hands-on experience with at least 3 different programming languages (i.e. Java, Node/JavaScript, C#, Python, Perl)
- Hands-on experience with at least 2 different databases, including at least one Relational Database and one NoSQL Database
- Hands-on experience with at least 2 User Interface or front-end Frameworks (i.e. React, Bootstrap, JQuery, Vue, Next)
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing APIs, Microservices, and/or Server-Client applications
- Experience leading code reviews and mentoring junior developers
- 5+ years of hands-on commercial industry experience preferred
- Knowledge of Design Patterns preferred
- Knowledge of caching, indexing, and queuing technologies preferred
Benefits
- Ability to make a noticeable difference for the organization and our customers
- Tremendous growth opportunity by becoming part of a rapidly growing organization
- Complex but interesting challenges to improve the depth and breadth of your technical and business skills
- Competitive pay and benefits
