Development Lead – O&M

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily technical operations of an Agile software development team focused on operations, maintenance, enhancements, and modernization.

• Ensure compliance with Agile methodologies, engineering standards, and software development lifecycle practices.

• Convert business and user requirements into secure, scalable, and maintainable software solutions.

• Offer technical direction, mentoring, code reviews, and engineering support.

• Design, develop, test, integrate, deploy, troubleshoot, and maintain applications, APIs, services, and software utilities.

• Create and modernize cloud-native applications utilizing modular architectures, containerization, automation, scalability, resiliency, and infrastructure integration.

• Lead DevSecOps initiatives, encompassing automated build, test, security scanning, deployment, and monitoring within CI/CD pipelines.

• Collaborate with architects, cloud engineers, cybersecurity teams, database administrators, operations staff, product owners, and other stakeholders.

• Analyze and design application data models and databases, coordinating database integration.

• Establish coding standards, branching strategies, peer review processes, source control practices, documentation standards, and configuration management procedures.

• Manage codebases through issue tracking, version control, reusable components, automated testing, and technical documentation.

• Identify and rectify defects, performance issues, integration challenges, technical debt, and production support problems.

• Assist with releases, production deployments, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and corrective measures.

• Facilitate backlog refinement, technical estimation, sprint planning, release planning, and prioritization of technical tasks.

• Assess emerging technologies, frameworks, development practices, and automation possibilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, or a relevant technical field; equivalent combinations of education, professional certifications, and directly relevant experience may be considered.

• At least 10 years of experience in software development or software engineering.

• A minimum of 3 years in a technical leadership role, team lead, or in senior development.

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe.

• Experience in developing cloud-native or cloud-enabled solutions.

• Background working in a DevSecOps software delivery environment.

• Experience in supporting production applications in an operations and maintenance setting.

• Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical designs and software solutions.

• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary technical teams and stakeholders.

• Strong grasp of software engineering principles, object-oriented development, design patterns, modular architecture, and secure coding practices.

• Proficiency in enterprise programming languages such as Java, C#, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar technologies.

• Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, application integrations, and distributed software solutions.

• Familiarity with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

• Understanding of containers, microservices, serverless technologies, scalability, resiliency, and automated infrastructure.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, code quality analysis, security scanning, dependency management, and automated deployment.

• Strong knowledge of Git-based development workflows, including branching, pull/merge requests, peer reviews, and release management.

• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, data modeling, SQL, database integration, and application data management.

• Understanding of software security principles, vulnerability remediation, dependency management, and secure SDLC practices.

• Experience with automated unit, integration, regression, and application testing.

• Capability to perform root-cause analysis and develop effective corrective solutions.

• Ability to balance development, operational support, modernization, cybersecurity requirements, and technical debt.

• Excellent technical documentation skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.

• Proficient in mentoring developers, facilitating technical discussions, resolving technical disagreements, and establishing engineering standards.

• Must pass a fingerprint-based security background check for Public Trust level suitability.

• Work visa sponsorship is not available.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work week.

• 401K plan with company match.

• Comprehensive health and wellness packages.

• An internal mobility team dedicated to assisting you in owning your career.

• Opportunities for professional growth, including paid education and certifications.

• Access to cutting-edge technology for learning purposes.

• Paid vacation and holidays.

• Medical plan options, including some with Health Savings Accounts.

• Various dental plan options.

• Vision plan availability.

• Paid sick and personal leave.

• Paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.

• Up to 160 hours of paid family leave over a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.

• Short- and long-term disability benefits.

• Life insurance coverage.

• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance.

• Personal accident insurance.

• Critical illness insurance.

• Business travel and accident insurance.

• Identity verification and security process with a virtual interview camera requirement.