Lead Software Developer

Spectrum JOB SUMMARY
Contribute to and provide technical direction to the Operations development staff. This position will be expected to contribute in areas dealing with software design, service architecture, database design, compliancy and strategy in the delivery of high quality software solutions.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web- and desktop-based business applications.
Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards.
Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
Package and support deployment of releases.
Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.
Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.
Responsible for compliance with company engineering standards, policies and procedures.
Maintain good relations with peers, team, other organizations and vendors.
Be part of an effective front line Leadership team and assist them with developing their direct reports as to drive a high performance culture and environment.
Strong understanding of application architecture including load balancing, ports, security, LDAP, IIS, Apache/Tomcat, etc.
Advanced knowledge of SQL Server, Oracle, and/or MySQL and ability to write and evaluate T-SQL and/or PLSQL.
Perform other duties as requested by Manager


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Skills/Abilities and Knowledge
Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
Proficient with Java, and web technologies
Extensive experience designing and developing enterprise grade software
Experience with source control management systems and continuous integration/deployment environments
Experience with automated testing
Experience with agile development methodologies including Scrum
Experience with multi-threading and concurrency
Experience with debugging, performance profiling and optimization
Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented and service-oriented application development techniques and theories
Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment
Strong communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders
Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes

Education
Bachelor's degree (B. Sc.) in Computer Science or Engineering from a four-year college or university; or equivalent training, education and experience


Related Work Experience
6+ years of software Developer/Architect
3-5 years of business process/IT/Engineering solutions integration
1-3+ years of leadership experience
5+ years of experience in most of the following:
C#, Framework, JAVA
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, MVC
Web Services (RESTful, WCF), XML
Application architecture, OOP, OOD
Visual Studio
Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, PLSQL, T-SQL, SSIS, SSRS

WORKING CONDITIONS
Office environment