Technology Lead

Togetherwork
Summary
Join Togetherwork as a Software Technology Lead and report to the VP, Product Development. You will be responsible for developing and supporting applications, leveraging expertise in multiple systems and customer areas to build a robust platform. Collaborate with an experienced engineering team and passionate leaders on challenging projects. The ideal candidate possesses strong technology and people management skills, a deep understanding of products and services, and a commitment to enhancing functionality, performance, reliability, and scalability. You will fully own product delivery. This role involves managing complex projects, developing product strategies, collaborating on technical designs, and instilling best practices in software development. You will also translate business requirements into technical solutions and monitor production services.
Requirements
- Bachelorβs degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience
- 7+ years of Software Development experience; 3+ years of experience in building and leading strong engineering teams
- Deep hands-on technical expertise in web and mobile technologies
- Solid software development background including design patterns and data structures
- Software development experience in building web services and highly scalable applications
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Front End technologies : VueJS
- PHP related technologies and its frameworks (Laravel)
- Experience working with cloud service providers (preferably AWS)
- Modern System Architecture Patterns
- Experience working with modern SQL Databases (preferably MySQL)
- Strong data management principles, around data architecture, modeling/design, data quality, security, data organization and operations
- Knowledge and experience working with payment processing technologies (preferably Stripe)
Responsibilities
- Be responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex projects with significant bottom-line impact
- Work with product managers in developing a strategy and road map to provide compelling capabilities for the product
- Work closely with senior engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development
- Instill the best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules
- Project management - prioritization, planning of projects and features, Stakeholder management and tracking of external commitments in coordination with Product Management team
- Translate business requirements from business into technical solutions, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines with optimal solutions
- Operational Excellence - monitoring & operation of production services
- Bring innovative ideas to the table every day, to find better ways of accomplishing our customer objectives. Set clear, measurable, and quality goals for the organization in a data-driven way
- Foster cult fully own the delivery of the product
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance options
- 100% Employer paid short/long term disability
- Basic Life
- 401(k) option with 100% company match up to 4%
- Flexible paid personal/vacation time built on mutual trust and accountability
- 10 sick days annually
- 10 company paid holidays
- 6 weeks paid parental leave