About the position
For more than 80 years, Kaplan has been a trailblazer in education and professional advancement. We are a global company at the intersection of education and technology, focused on collaboration, innovation, and creativity to deliver a best in class educational experience and make Kaplan a great place to work. Our offices in India opened in Bengaluru in 2018. Since then, our team has fueled growth and innovation across the organization, impacting students worldwide. We are eager to grow and expand with skilled professionals like you who use their talent to build solutions, enable effective learning, and improve students' lives. The future of education is here and we are eager to work alongside those who want to make a positive impact and inspire change in the world around them. Lead Software Engineer is responsible for leading design, development, and maintenance of software applications. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet business requirements. The Lead Software Engineer will also mentor junior developers and ensure the team adheres to best practices in software development.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development and maintenance of software applications.
- Provide technical leadership to the Software Engineering team, guiding them in making critical technical decisions and solving complex problems.
- Develop a comprehensive test plan that outlines the testing strategy, scope, approach, methodologies, and timelines.
- Oversee the execution of test cases (both manual and automated) by the QA team.
- Manage resource allocation within the team, ensuring the right people are working on the right tasks, and monitor progress and productivity.
- Continuously evaluate and implement best practices in development, QA, security, and performance optimization.
- Contribute to project estimation, scoping, and risk assessment, providing insights into complexities and potential roadblocks.
- Collaborate with other engineering teams, fostering knowledge sharing, alignment of practices, and efficient resource utilization across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's/Master's Degree in a relevant field (Computer Science, Engineering)
- 10+ years of experience as a software engineer
- SME on front-end and/or back-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, Angular, React, NodeJS, .Net, Java, Salesforce Apex, Visualforce, Lightening, JavaScript, Shell, and Python.
- Experience with AWS DevOps.
- Able to define technical solutions that meet business requirements.
- Identifies and leads discussions on the benefits/risks to different approaches.
- Influence the product direction.
- Define architectures based on a deep understanding of architecture principles and industry best practices.
- Deep knowledge of all components in their direct area of responsibility.
- Understand high-level architecture of the whole ecosystem in all environments.
- Makes decisions on technical tradeoffs looking at tactical and strategic perspective.
- Well-versed in design patterns or approaches to solving a design problem.
- Diagnoses problems in unfamiliar code bases.
- Actively works across several teams, to apply Atom architecture principles related to scalability, flexibility, stability and simplicity.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Salary structure reflects the value placed on experience, education, and skills
- Positions are paid at least $15 per hour or $31,200 per year for full-time positions
- Certain positions are bonus or commission-eligible
