IT Development Lead

Job Title: IT Development Lead 
 

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About Us: 

Frontier is a leading communications provider offering gigabit speeds to empower and connect millions of consumers and businesses in 25 states. It is building critical digital infrastructure across the country with its fiber-optic network and cloud-based solutions, enabling connections today and future-proofing for tomorrow. Rallied around its purpose of Building Gigabit America™, the company is focused on supporting a digital society, closing the digital divide, and working toward a more sustainable environment. Frontier is preparing today for a better tomorrow. Visit www.frontier.com. 

Job Description: 

The Lead, IT Development position will be responsible for providing technical direction and leadership to a team of 8-12 developers. The lead will utilize mentorship skills and technical acumen to enhance all aspects of solution development and delivery at Frontier. The lead will be expected to be capable of working across multiple technologies within the UI and API development space to develop/enhance existing applications.   

Responsibilities: 

• Providing leadership in the development and implementation of our serviceability/addressing roadmap 
• Providing leadership in progressing projects through the software lifecycle 
• Mentoring more junior-level individual contributors in API best practice implementation and design 
• Support delivery of code in automated build pipelines 
• Create application-level design documentation and enforce adherence to design through developing a life cycle 
• Assisting the development team with complex problems 
• Performing code reviews 
• Participating in requirements gathering, application design, planning, and review. 
• Participating in the front-end and back-end development process utilizing a variety of technologies including Angular, Node.js, .net, SiteCore, Apigee, Web API, Mongo, Microsoft SQL, and more 
• Interfacing with the project management organization, groups within Frontier, and external partners 
• Other duties as may be assigned 

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE - Required 

Bachelor's degree in computer or information technology and five (5) years experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience in software development with a web development focus. 

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE - Preferred 

Bachelor's degree in computer or information technology and five (5) years experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience as a software developer along with three (3) years experience as a team or lead role 

ESSENTIAL JOB KNOWLEDGE 

• Deep understanding of modern web development practices and technologies including, but not limited to: 

• Angular and other client-side web frameworks 
• js 
• JavaScript, TypeScript 

• Deep understanding of database development and consumption utilizing document and relational databases. 
• Deep understanding of agile software development 
• Deep understanding of object-oriented programming. 
• Extensive experience using a language like Java or C#. 
• Experience managing to build pipelines and a CI/CD process (Team Foundation Server is preferred). 
• Experience writing unit tests 
• Experience writing documentation 
• Experience estimating projects. 
• Experience with deployment to Microsoft servers and server farms. 
• Experience in application design and best practice standards 
• Experience in developing cloud-based applications in AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure 

DESIRED JOB KNOWLEDGE 

• Telco background 
• Previous work with Telerik control sets 
• Previous work as a project manager 

ESSENTIAL WORK TRAITS & SKILLS 

• Ability to lead a team of people 
• Ability to teach experienced developers different methodologies 
• Ability to mentor junior developers 
• Ability to work within a team of people 
• Ability to communicate succinctly in writing and orally with upper management, developers, project managers, and other parts of the business 
• Ability to participate in the shaping of the team's focus and vision 

Frontier salaries are estimated by third parties and may or may not reflect actual or total compensation. Please confirm with your recruiter. 

We are deeply committed to attracting talented team members in the US from all backgrounds regardless of race, age, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability status, or nationality. However, at this time, we are not sponsoring any Visas.  

Frontier Communications is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 

Salary : $115,000 - $145,000