Lead Software Engineer - Piper Companies

Lead Software Engineer

We are looking for a passionate Lead Software Engineer to join our development team, help design, build, and support high-quality cloud-based software, as well as maintaining and developing ongoing releases. You will be working in an agile environment with a hardworking team of other developers to design, code, test and support cloud-based software releases. This role focuses on the development of applications using Golang with Microservices architecture and the latest technologies such as Golang, Angular, Kubernetes, Docker, Azure and other cloud technologies. This is a hands-on position requiring code development, code design, architecture, and leading/mentoring other engineers.

If you are the kind of person who enjoys working in a close collaborative team environment, self-motivated, has a positive demeanor and eager to learn new technologies, then we want to see you apply!

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage the overall Software development team and process

• Provide guidance and mentoring of team members

• Develop strategies and assign responsibilities to team members

• Develop and support cloud-based software, as well as maintaining and developing ongoing releases.

• Work with other developers, engineers to develop and maintain high quality applications.

• Review functional specifications to ensure solution is technically sound

• Perform specification and code reviews to ensure that solutions are appropriate and that standards are being followed

• Collaborate within an Agile team environment to define, design, develop, test, support new releases.

• Translate functional specifications into technical specifications and code, test work according to standards

• Provide technical guidance to the development team to create, maintain, and enhance diverse software systems

• Help drive adoption of core technologies, architectural guidelines and standards

• Help drive software development best practices from technology selection and workflow to coding standards

• Help accelerate adoption of standards and new technologies

• Effectively communicate with business and technical teams at all levels

Qualifications:

• Experience building and managing development teams in an Agile Methodology

• 6+ years of application development using Golang or C, C++, C# if no Golang experience

• 6+ years of application development using Angular and Bootstrap

• 4+ years of application development using Microservices Architecture and Rest API

• 2+ years of experience developing and deploying applications in the Azure environment

• Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming concept

• Experience with Linux environment

• Experience with DevOps/CI/CD and software development tools such as JIRA, BitBucket, GIT, Confluence and Visual Studio, etc.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience with Azure Cloud is a plus

• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker or other containerized technology is a plus

• Experience with SQL is a plus

• Understanding of SOC2 and PCI regulatory requirements is a plus

Compensation for the Lead Software engineer

• Salary Range: $180,000-$200,000 -- $85/hr.– $100/hr. **depending on experience**
• Full benefits: PTO, Paid Holidays, Cigna Healthcare, Dental, Vision