What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Front End Engineer position at Bright Health?
This role can be based out of our downtown Austin, TX office (eventually returning to a hybrid model with 2-3 days/office) or be fully remote anywhere in Texas.
Lead Software Engineers spend most of their time hands-on in the creation, feature development, and subsequent maintenance of Bright Health properties. The more senior their level, the more that individual will assist in the continuous improvement of the team's productivity and code quality. Additionally, senior talent plays a key role in building and maintaining a culture which focuses on making sure every engineer progresses in their career in line with personal goals/expectations.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate directly with teammates to define and implement a variety of software testing
- Contribute across the complete development lifecycle, including technical design, work estimation, implementation of new features, and addressing feedback or bugs
- Lead and contribute to continually improve the team's productivity, culture, and code quality
- Peer review team member's code and provide constructive feedback to improve quality
- Create documentation and processes as needed to improve team productivity and transparency
TECHNOLOGIES WE USE
- TypeScript and JavaScript
- React
- Node.js
- Redux
- Git & GitHub
- Jira
- Azure
EDUCATION, TRAINING, EXPERIENCE
- 8 years in software development required
- 2 years experience with ReactJS strongly preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience required
- Expertise with web technologies, especially HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Experience building applications in the cloud, bonus points for serverless architectures
- Experience implementing Continuous Deployment patterns
- Experience supporting the applications you have built
- Seasoned estimation skills — can reasonably judge the complexity of a feature and appropriately break it down (if needed) and size it
- Strong work ethic plus follow-through on commitments (works smart to get the job done right and on time);
- Proven track record of high standards for self, team, company, and ultimately the clients;
- Proactive approach to problem solving (acting without being told, driving for measurable results, etc.)
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES
- You love learning, you love teaching
- You are constantly growing your own knowledge and helping to grow the knowledge of others
- You enjoy wearing multiple hats and roles, and titles are not important to you
- You enjoy doing it right first time and utilize tools & techniques to constantly excel in what you work to deliver it on time
- You do top-quality work, manage quality, and make everything you touch better
- You are comfortable working under strict confidentiality agreements and often behind the-scenes
- You are self-organized and manage time and resources well
- You are able to not only work alone, but also communicate within a team by sending updates, tracking time, and other forms of communication while you work