Lead Software Engineer

Ten Mile Square Technologies•Arlington, VA

15h•$150,000 - $172,500•Remote

About The Position

Ten Mile Square is looking for a talented and experienced Lead Software Engineer to lead a remote-first team of talented full-stack software developers. The successful candidate will have a history of hands-on leadership and expertise with software development methods, technologies, and tooling. The initial assignment is greenfield development of a loan origination system for an established financial institution. You will work with our technology leadership, partners, and engineers to deliver high velocity high value solutions to our client.

Requirements

2 years of experience as a tech lead
3 years of experience as a senior software engineer
7+ years of software development experience including 3 years of TypeScript and Node
2 years of experience working with GraphQL
Expertise in developing and deploying on AWS
Expertise in SQL
Working knowledge of at least one of the following frontend JavaScript frameworks: Angular, Ionic, React, Vue
Full application stack development experience: front-end to persistence
Full software lifecycle participation: requirements to post-implementation
Linux command line
Self-motivated to PROACTIVELY identify and solve problems
Be passionate about what you do
Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and concepts quickly
Detail-oriented
High integrity and quality of work ethic
Excellent communication skills – within team and with clients

Responsibilities

Lead a team of software engineers, software engineer in test automation (SDET), and DevOps
Architect, design, and build a telephony integration system using Node, Apollo GraphQL, Angular or React, and a suite of AWS components including but not limited to EKS, Lambda, S3, MSK, and Aurora. The components are primarily backend systems, but some frontend development will be needed.
Design and implement GraphQL subgraphs and participate in a federated graph schema community of practice
Define and enforce engineering best practices around code quality, testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment workflows on AWS
Contribute as member of an Agile team and promote Agile practices
Work with client executives and product team to translate business needs into requirements, epics, stories, and tasks
Work with the client product team to groom the backlog, plan workstreams, plan sprints, and assign sprints and tasks to software engineers
Work with principal engineers and the product team to help determine functional requirements for the system.
Mentor developers on the team.
Ensure technical documentation is of quality and accessible to technology team.
Proactively collaborate with the Ten Mile team on development and knowledge sharing.
Represent yourself and Ten Mile Square with integrity, expertise, and value.
Maintain the confidentiality of our clients on an ongoing basis.