Lead Software Engineer III

Summary

Join Fearless Digital as a Lead Software Engineer III and contribute to building impactful software. This 100% remote position requires strong Ruby on Rails and React.js skills, along with leadership experience. You will lead development, mentor team members, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The role offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible work environment. Fearless values a diverse and inclusive culture, promoting professional growth and work-life balance. The interview process involves introductory, technical, and business interviews.

Requirements

• BS/BA in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar technology-related degree
• Previous local, state, and/or federal government contracting experience OR Insurance medical/state leave application experience
• A minimum of 2 years of Technical Project Lead experience with Leadership skills including decision-making, communicating with cross-functional team members, and connecting directly with stakeholders
• A minimum of 8 years of demonstrated working experience with Ruby on Rails
• Strong demonstrated experience developing UI components with React.js
• Strong Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) experience
• Strong demonstrated experience with building out applications and deploying them into production AWS environments
• Strong proficiency with PostgreSQL databases
• Strong proficiency with Github actions
• Strong Pull Request (PR) review skills
• Proficient in web-development including front-end (browser) and back-end (server) including UI components, client-server integrations, APIs, and data persistence
• Expert in basic git actions like cloning, creating branches, navigating between branches, staging code for commit, committing code, resetting, and merging
• Demonstrated interest in and ability to learn new systems and technology quickly
• Ability to discuss technical tasks and team process topics with team members and outside stakeholders
• Proficiency with advanced Git actions like rebasing, squashing, and cherry-picking
• Ability to operate and manage work, strategically reason, and build relationships and influence others

Responsibilities

• Synthesize business requirements and objectives and drive the development of solutions
• Collaborate with talented designers, product managers, and fellow engineers to plan and build new features
• Coach and mentor others to develop their professional skills
• Drive all phases of the development lifecycle from task creation to production deployment of new code
• Design and implement effective, secure software solutions that meet the business and technology requirements of the project
• Articulate business needs and translate them into technology solutions
• Create technical processes that create testable and maintainable software with minimal technical debt
• Troubleshoot technical issues in application and infrastructure code
• Develop and implement plans for the continuous improvement and evolution of the software system
• Identify opportunities and articulate suggestions to improve the technology strategies beyond the scope of a team or project
• Review other developers’ code and provide specific, constructive feedback
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of products/workflows within the businesses they support

Preferred Qualifications

• Greenfield / Minimal Viable Product (MVP) experience
• Understanding of Agile principles
• Proficient with at least one front-end technology like React, Angular, Vue, Ember, Backbone, Svelte
• Experience implementing applications for execution in a containerized production environment; for example Docker in a container orchestration platform like Amazon ECS or Kubernetes
• Experience developing applications hosted with a cloud provider such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or similar IaaS/PaaS providers
• Experience with test scripting frameworks like Selenium and Cypress.js
• Holds a current CompTIA Security+ certification

Benefits

• We cover 100% of your premium for our medical HSA plan + the deductible portion of HSA contributions, 80% of your premium for our HMO or PPO plans, and offer competitive dependent coverage. We cover 100% of dental and vision premiums for you and your dependents and offer medical and dependent care FSA options. We also offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, and legal planning and support insurance
• Tech, education / training, and wellness allowances
• Safe Harbor 401(k) plan with employer contributions (current match = 4%) and immediate vesting
• Referral bonus: Bring your friends! If someone you refer is hired, you’ll get a bonus of $6–12k!
• Total Pet Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Up 12 weeks of FMLA paid at 100%
• PTO is provided to team members as a lump sum allowance, not an accrual. PTO is prorated based on your start date ( see table below ) on a quarterly basis (with tenure-based increases), 8.75 days of sick leave, 11 federal holidays, their birthday (8 hours), up to 15 days for jury duty, and up to 3 days (24 hours) of bereavement leave per eligible instance
• Life-friendly schedules
• Family-friendly workplace