Team Lead - Reporting Experience

penlink•Lincoln, NE

About The Position

Penlink is a technology company that provides software solutions to law enforcement agencies across the United States, helping them manage data and solve crimes. The company is experiencing rapid growth and is seeking a Reporting Experience - Team Lead to manage a team responsible for delivering reporting, visualization, dashboarding, mapping, and desktop analysis experiences. The role emphasizes improving communities and public safety, with a "get-it-done" attitude and a focus on the mission, alongside standard benefits.

Requirements

5 or more years of professional software engineering experience, preferably with C# and .NET technologies.
Strong software engineering background with the ability to lead through both technical expertise and people leadership.
Proven ability to coach, mentor, and develop engineers while holding team members accountable for results.
Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to balance competing priorities across delivery, quality, team health, and long-term strategic goals.
Strong understanding of software architecture, design principles, and modern development practices.
Experience working in Agile software development environments.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
Hands-on experience with technologies such as .NET, WPF, gRPC, Oracle, and Azure DevOps.
Experience developing complex desktop or enterprise applications.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading software engineers in a Team Lead, Technical Lead, Engineering Manager, or similar capacity.
Experience developing reporting, visualization, analytics, dashboarding, mapping, or investigative software solutions.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of software engineers.
Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, provide ongoing feedback, and support the career development of team members.
Own the performance management process, including goal setting, performance reviews, and development planning.
Partner with HR on compensation planning, promotions, employee relations matters, and succession planning.
Foster a positive, collaborative, and accountable team culture.
Monitor team health, workload, engagement, and morale, taking proactive action when needed.
Drive architecture and design decisions, balancing business requirements with scalability, reliability, maintainability, security, and compliance.
Establish and uphold engineering standards and best practices consistent with Penlink's architecture and development principles.
Identify and remove technical, organizational, and process obstacles that impact team effectiveness.
Champion continuous improvement in development processes, tooling, testing, and CI/CD practices.
Perform code reviews that improve software quality and support engineer growth.
Contribute to technical designs, prototypes, architecture discussions, and production code where appropriate.
Support the development of reporting, visualization, dashboarding, mapping, export, and integration capabilities within PLX.
Advocate for the thoughtful adoption of AI and emerging technologies that improve customer outcomes and engineering effectiveness.
Participate in operational support, incident response, and continuous improvement efforts.
Partner with Product Management, Software Architects, and other Engineering leaders to align execution with product strategy and customer needs.
Represent the team in roadmap planning, architecture reviews, and leadership discussions.
Communicate team progress, risks, priorities, and dependencies clearly to stakeholders.
Collaborate with other Team Leads and Engineering leaders to align standards, priorities, and shared services across the organization.