What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Software Engineer position at Transcend Digital?
**Remote Opportunity within the US**
Our client, a well-known Fortunate 500 company, is looking for a self-motivated Lead Software Engineer interested in working within a startup-oriented environment while having the backing of a very large company. If that's you, please read on.
Their team has successfully launched a new and innovative technology SaaS platform, which serves millions of consumers, tens of thousands of aesthetics providers, and thousands of colleagues throughout the US. Now, they are looking for a Lead Software Engineer as they prepare to launch a new array of game-changing technologies on their successfully adopted platform.
As the Lead Software Engineer, you will report to the Software Engineering Manager and continuously collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to solve the most critical technical problems.
You Will
- Champion code quality, reusability, scalability security and strategic software architecture decisions
- Mentor software engineers utilizing proven design patterns and your experience building large scale public facing software
- Conduct design and code reviews
- Collaborate with Product and Project Management to take small ideas or concepts and turn them into high fidelity technical game plans and achieve the products and business goals
- Care about who you work with and how work is done. We hire carefully and the entire team is given the opportunity to take part in evaluating potential hires
- Relate to our core values (see below) and would like to contribute to a positive working environment and culture
Required Experience & Technical Skills
- At least 8 years as a Full Stack Software Engineer and 3 years experience leading engineering teams
- Adept at drafting, validating and implementing software systems architecture using modern development and deployment technologies and can speak thoroughly to their tradeoffs.
- Experience organizing and prioritizing tasks with Product and Project Management for a team of 4 Engineers
- Strong experience with TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, and GraphQL
- Experience with React, NextJS, and React Native (bonus) for iOS and Android
- Experience with Microservices and Event Driven Architecture using AWS, Serverless, Lambda, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Strong familiarity with data structures, algorithms and design patterns
- Proficient with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and understand when to use relational and non-relational databases.
- Proponent of code testing and familiar with the common frameworks for unit, integration and functional tests
- Experience working with DevOps Engineers using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and CI/CD Pipelines.
Core Values
- Be Humble: You're smart yet always interested in learning from others.
- Work Transparently: You always deal in an honest, direct, and transparent way.
- Take Ownership: You embrace responsibility and find joy in having the answers.
- Learn More: Through blog posts, newsletters, podcasts, video tutorials, and meetups, you regularly self-educate and improve your skill set.
- Show Gratitude: You show appreciation and return kindness to those you work with.
Perks
- Competitive salary.
- Competitive annual bonus targets.
- *401k with dollar for dollar match, up to 6% of eligible earnings (base, bonus). Plus additional company contribution.
- RSU grants (Long Term Incentives) for approved roles.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and life insurance.
- *17 paid holidays per year, including 3 floating holidays.
- *Annual Paid Time Off (PTO), with separate sick days
- *12 weeks paid Parental Leave
- *Caregiver Leave
- *Adoption and Surrogacy Assistance Plan
- Flexible workplace accommodations.