Remote Technical Due Diligence Consultant

Summary

Join Crosslake as a Technology Consultant to support changemakers and help them buy, build, and run better technology. You will work with technology companies and private equity firms to identify improvements in existing technology, processes, and tools used to develop software products and services.

Requirements

• 15+ years shipping software products or services in one of the following roles: Product Management, Program Management/Business Analyst, Architect, Developer, QA Engineer, Release Manager, DevOps, Product Support or Professional Services
• Ability to work from home (or an office of your choosing) and be self-directed, but also effectively collaborate with the team in both a remote and in-person capacity
• Strong technical acumen and technical horsepower
• Strong knowledge in at least one of the following areas: Product Management, Program Management, Software Architecture, Software Development, Quality Assurance, Release Management, DevOps, Product Support, Professional Services
• Be willing to learn and take on new areas that may be outside of your initial comfort zone
• Passion towards making others great and making a high-performing team even better
• An action-oriented personality – you know how to get stuff done

Responsibilities

• Work with technology companies to identify improvements of existing technology, organizations, processes, and tools used to develop software products and services
• Work with private equity companies and other investment firms to help them understand the technology strengths, risks, and opportunities for improvement for potential investments (I.e. technical due diligence)
• Design and implement solutions from scratch (e.g. Agile methodology transformations), guiding and mentoring more junior software developers and other engineers
• Collaboratively work in partnership with internal and client technical leads and team members

Preferred Qualifications

• [Preferred, but not mandatory] Be available for in-person collaboration sessions in the Seattle area on relatively short notice
• [Preferred] Strong knowledge in at least one of the following areas: Project Management tools (e.g. TFS, Jira), Development technologies (e.g. C#, Java), Build tools (e.g. TFS, Jenkins, TeamCity), Test tools (e.g. TFS, HP QC, Selenium), Deployment tools (e.g. MS Release Management, Octopus, Chef)
• [Preferred] Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field (BUT experience is more important than a specific degree)