Scope of Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, guiding them from ideation to implementation, and fostering a collaborative and productive work environment
- Organize and lead Agile ceremonies for the software engineering team, ensuring efficient project execution and alignment with business goals
- Establish coding and testing best practices and standards for engineers, driving excellence in software development
- Take charge of developing, testing, and deploying modern software applications and new features, ensuring they meet quality standards and deadlines
- Oversee the quality of engineers' deliverables, including coding, testing, and debugging, to maintain high standards of software quality
- Collaborate closely with Govini's product team to translate business requirements into technical specifications, ensuring the successful delivery of software solutions
- Continuously seek innovation and process improvement opportunities, finding efficiencies in all assigned tasks to drive the team's success
- Work collaboratively with data engineers, data scientists, QA engineers, and DevOps engineers to enhance our platform's overall quality and performance
Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 5 years of software development experience with proficiency in an object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, C++, Python, C#, or Ruby)
- 1+ years of people management
- Hands-on experience with Spring Boot, Quarkus, or similar technologies
- Strong knowledge of data structures, object-oriented design, algorithms, exception handling, and troubleshooting
- Experience in SQL and database design
- Thorough understanding of microservice architecture
- Proven experience in an Agile development framework
- Strong analytical skills and unwavering attention to detail
- Current possession of a U.S. security clearance, or the ability to obtain one with our sponsorship
- Experience in or exposure to the nuances of a startup or other entrepreneurial environment
- Hands-on experience with JavaScript frameworks like React or AngularJS
- Familiarity with Redis, Aurora PostgreSQL, and Apache Kafka
- Proficiency in profiling Java applications to identify bottlenecks
- Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery concepts and build tools
- Experience with containers, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps patterns
- Familiarity with Linux commands and scripting
