Lead Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails (Remote)

We are looking for critical thinking, problem solving engineers from a variety of backgrounds that are versatile, enthusiastic and have a passion for technology and product development.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will lead one our product teams projects critical to Triumph's strategic objectives with opportunities to work collaboratively with other talented cross-functional teams of Product Managers, Designers, Architects, and Engineers.

You'll lead small project team of 2-3 engineers with the design and implementation of custom systems and applications aligned to business goals and is responsible for ensuring successful development of applications through the entire software life cycle along with helping mentor other developers on the team.

A Day In The Life:

• Leads and Contributes to custom-developed applications to assist internal business partners.

• Leads and Contributes across the full product lifecycle including design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and improvements.

• Communicates strategically with customer and ensures solutions work in production as expected, including failure rates, resource allocation, and costs.

• Prioritizes and values unowned or undesirable work that enables the team to move faster.

• Demonstrates ability to succeed in a wide range of complex situations across multiple axes: e.g. scale, uncertainty, interconnectedness.

• Mentors other developers on the team and is sought out by others as a technical resource.

• Identifies technical risks in both features they work on and adjacent work, proactively communicating these to the appropriate parties.

• Identifies problems with requirements such as lack of clarity, inconsistencies, technical limitations and proactively communicates them to the appropriate parties.

• Estimates and manages project timelines and risk. Can coordinate the work of multiple people using a Kanban board, compute velocity, and proactively report changes to schedule.

• Understands the tradeoffs between technical, analytical and product needs and leads to solutions that take all these needs into account.

• Performs code reviews that ensure the proposed solution makes the right tradeoffs and solves the right problems and properly into the overall codebase.

To succeed in this role, you should be:

We hope you'll have previous experience leading software development teams. Additionally, you should possess the following:

• 5+ year's application development experience in a professional environment, with strong preference to Ruby on Rails development experience.

• Full stack experience with one or more technology stacks, again emphasis on RoR.

• Experience identifying customer's business needs and providing both technical and non-technical solutions.

• Experience leading a team of other developers.

• Experience reviewing code and making recommendations for improvement.

• Experience with agile implementation methodologies.

?Bonus points for:

• Leading an engineering team or running a consulting company.

• Experience with functional languages like Elm, Haskell, OCaml, or Elixir.

• Previous Logistics experience.

Some additional skills we're seeking:

• Experienced. Has designed and implemented entire projects not just individual stories.

• Curious. Isn't content with the status quo and knows that we can always improve.

• Self-directed. Can work independently while prioritizing tasks.

• Collaborative. Works with others to improve solutions.

• Empathetic. Designs are influenced by a deep understanding of the customers' needs.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here may be encountered while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic).

• Ability to work in a confined area.

• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time. Occasional stooping or kneeling may be necessary.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and telephone.

• Specific vision abilities are required by this job due to computer work.

• Light to moderate lifting is required.

• Regular, predictable attendance is required.

The full salary range for this role is $168,400 - $272,800 Annually.

***Location: Dallas, TX or Remote U.S. excluding the following states: AK, DE, ID, ND, RI, VT, WY ***

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