Lead Software Developer
Job Description
<p><strong><em>Liaison International </em></strong><em>is unique in that we are an established and stable organization but have that fast-paced energy and feel of an emerging technology company. Our SaaS based admissions management and enrollment marketing software and services helps millions of students take the next step in their academic career and is utilized by over 31,000 academic programs at more than 1,000 institutions.</em></p><p> </p><p>We are seeking a capable, motivated, and experience Lead Software Developer to work with our engineering team to design, develop, implement, optimize and maintain our market leading products. If you love tackling problems head-on, enjoy coming up with creative solutions for complex problems and like keeping yourself updated with the latest trends in technology, then you will fit in well with our team. We run a fast-paced but casual team that operates in a supportive atmosphere.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p><p>As a core member of the Software Development team, the <strong>Lead Software Developer</strong> is a <strong>full stack senior developer</strong> with experience leading a scrum team. This experienced developer will have primarily responsible for leading a scrum team in the design and development of software solutions to build and optimize highly scalable, web‐based multi‐tenant applications used by national educational associations and institutions of higher learning including numerous colleges and universities. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Position Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Provide hands‐on guidance and mentorship to a team of front-end and back-end developers.</li><li>Enjoy coaching, mentoring and guiding peer developers and QA engineers and working collaboratively with product and program managers.</li><li>Design and develop enterprise grade, high‐volume web applications platforms and state of the art technical solutions leveraging <strong>Java and JEE platform technologies</strong>. </li><li>Participate in design discussions and solution design sessions with product management and software development teams to shape new product features and platform capabilities.</li><li>Develop and support REST APIs and business logic using <strong>Java, Spring, Hibernate and SQL Server</strong>.</li><li>Develop and support web user interfaces using JavaScript Frameworks, e.g. Angular, React.</li><li>Contribute to evaluation, prototyping and selection of software solutions that will improve our technology infrastructure.</li><li>Make recommendations to enhance performance and scalability of our flagship products.</li><li>Develop unit tests and API integration tests to maximize code coverage in accordance with the software test pyramid.</li><li>Apply Test Driven Development practices and software quality measurement tools to the improve quality of delivered software.</li><li> Foster and support a culture of innovation and excellence in the engineering organization.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Position Requirements</strong></p><ul><li>Master’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering or an IT related discipline, or its equivalent plus 3 years of related experience. Alternatively, will accept a bachelor’s degree plus 6 years related experience, in lieu of a master’s degree.</li><li>Very high proficiency with server-side Enterprise Java, Spring and Hibernate frameworks.</li><li>Experience with at least 2 to 3 project implementations in one or more Spring framework modules: Spring MVC, Spring Security, and Spring Integration frameworks.</li><li>Experience in developing RESTful API and Web Services.</li><li>Experience developing web user interfaces using JavaScript Frameworks, e.g. Angular, React.</li><li>High proficiency with Agile software development methodology and at least 2 years of experience serving as team leader of a scrum team.</li><li>Experience working with in office, remote and offshore development teams</li><li>Strong working knowledge of Git and GitHub code management tools</li><li>Experience working collaboratively with DevOps to setup and monitor CI/CD pipelines using automated software build tools like Jenkins</li><li>Solid understanding of enterprise software development design patterns and anti‐patterns.</li><li>Advanced knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and no‐SQL databases, such as Mongo DB.</li><li>Experience from Test Driven Development.</li><li>Ability to work well independently, multitask and handle change.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li></ul><p></p>
