Lead Applications Engineer at TEKHAWKS, LLC

Manhattan WMOS and exposure to Java (Manhattan WMOS is java based) needed.

This role is a 100% hands on tech lead role.

• Authors, reviews and approves technical designs
• Mastery of domain programming language
• Engineers extensible solutions with the team in mind and can fix complex bugs
• Reviews code to ensure it is functionally correct and consistent with the technical design
• Accountable for domain dependencies and critical paths
• Accountable for complex stories and integration or business requirements
• Accountable for domain dependencies and critical paths
• Anticipates risks and provides contingency solutions and timelines
• Defines useful metrics and targets for domain
• Measurably improves processes and best practices to achieve goals
• Innovates measurable improvements
• Stabilizes emerging technologies
• Achieves team consent and buy-in
• Interacts with business users, and/or functional peer group and managers
• Sphere of influence is scrum or project development team
• Actively shares through peer mentoring, shared resources and informal teachings
• Teaches and mentors within team
• Contributes and enforces best practices
• Inspires teamwork and gently guides the Agile/project team
• Assists in career development plans for engineers
• Provides guidance for the work performed by contractors and delegates work
• Assesses the quality of work and effectiveness of contractors
• Participates in development of contractor agreements, including deliverables and SLA.

Technical (Nice to Haves)

• 10+ years of experience in application and software engineering
• Experience acting in a lead capacity – both from a technical oversight and mentor perspective
• Experience with Distribution Centers / logistics technology,
• Warehouse Management Systems – ideally Manhattan WMOS
• Comfortable partnering with external vendors – in this case, working closely with Manhattan Associates for the design and development of new capabilities with WMOS, perform configuration, testing, production support.

Non-Technical Requirements

• Experience working in an agile development environment – Jira, sprint planning, story point estimation
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to translate business functionality and opportunities into clear, precise and easy-to-read functional specifications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills to effectively communicate with both business and technical IT teams.
• Strong business acumen to quickly learn new business processes and understand how technology can support the business in achieving revenue and profit goals.
• Proven ability to pull a diverse group of individuals with different goals together and facilitate productive discussions.
• Exhibit the qualities of situational leadership as well as someone who can work with a team and pull the team forward to deliver business value.