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Job Description

The Lead Software Engineer provides technical leadership for the design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise software applications and technology solutions. This role is accountable for solution architecture, engineering quality, delivery execution, and mentoring engineering teams. The Lead Software Engineer partners with business, architecture, security, and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable technology solutions aligned with enterprise objectives
Essential Functions
Design, develop, test, and maintain software applications and services.
Create scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
Develop APIs, integrations, databases, and user-facing applications.
Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code following coding standards and best practices as well as develop these standards.
Write technical specifications for applications, systems and solutions
Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code following coding standards and best practices.
Participate in solution design, technical reviews, and architecture discussions
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and project teams.
Lead technical design sessions and code reviews.
Recommend technologies, frameworks, and development approaches.
Support the establishment and enforcement of engineering standards and best practices.
Serve as technical lead for complex initiatives and strategic technology implementations.
Drive architecture decisions and ensure alignment with enterprise technology standards.
Establish and promote engineering best practices, coding standards, and design patterns.
Provide technical direction across multiple projects and development teams.
Lead resolution of complex technical challenges and production incidents
Influence technology roadmaps and modernization efforts.
Coordinate engineering activities across teams to ensure successful delivery of large-scale initiatives.
Identify technical dependencies, risks, and mitigation strategies.
Ensure engineering deliverables meet quality, security, and operational requirements
Define solution architectures that support scalability, resiliency, security, and maintainability
Ensure solutions support cloud, API, data, and integration strategies
Ensure appropriate testing strategies, automation, and quality engineering practices are implemented across solutions.
Troubleshoot application issues and perform root cause analysis
Ensure service levels and operational support expectations are met
Follow secure coding practices and enterprise security requirements
Support audit, risk, and compliance activities as needed
Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
Promote DevSecOps and Site Reliability Engineering practices where applicable.
Additional Essential Functions
Ensure compliance with Northwest's policies and procedures, and Federal/State regulations
Navigate Microsoft Office Software, computer applications, and software specific to the department in order to maximize technology tools and gain efficiency
Work as part of a team
Work with on-site equipment
What You Bring to the Team
Participate in other projects on request.
Safety and Health for those without supervisory duties
Abide by the rules of the safety and loss prevention program
Perform work tasks in a safe manner
Report any and all injuries to supervisor
Know what to do in case of an emergency
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Information Technology (Software Development track) or Engineering with a concentration in programming AND 10 years relevant work experienceOr
Master's Degree Computer Science, Information Technology (Software Development track) or Engineering with a concentration in programming AND 8 years equivalent work experienceOr
Work Experience
12 - 15 years Application support & maintenance, production support, application development, database administration, system administration, system engineering or equivalent experience using Microsoft technology stack (e.g., Windows, .NET, SQL Server) or equivalent technologies and toolset e.g., Java, JSON, Python, Oracle, MySQL, Linux, etc.
General Employee Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Ability to establish effective working relationships among team members and participate in solving problems and making decisions
Ability to present and express ideas and information clearly and concisely in a manner appropriate to the audience, whether oral or written
Ability to actively listen to what others are saying to achieve understanding, sharing information with others and facilitating the open exchange of ideas and information
Ability to establish courses of action for self to accomplish specific goals, develop and use tracking systems for monitoring own work progress, and effectively use resources such as time and information
Ability to make right decisions based on perceptive and analytical processes, practicing good judgment in gray areas
Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Ability to lead functional and cross-functional teams to deliver complex web applications and systems
Ability to drive testing strategies, automation, and quality engineering practices
Knowledge of developing data warehouses and data marts
Knowledge of JavaScript libraries and frameworks, e.g. Angular, React, JQuery, etc.
Knowledge of working in agile environments. Exposure to Scrum framework
Skill in incorporating best practices on information security into development efforts
Ability to work within a team environment and possessing communication skills necessary to function with a team
Prior experience providing production support
Hands-on programming experience using C#, Java, or similar contemporary programming languages
Experienced in developing web applications and sites using HTML, JavaScript and CSS or equivalent combinations
Experience in relational data model
Experience in CI/CD integrations for both on-prem and cloud deployments
Experience working with JavaScript, and JavaScript libraries & frameworks e.g. Angular, React, JQuery, etc.
Experience working with source code repositories like Microsoft Team Foundation Services (TFS), GitHub, SVN or other equivalent tools
Experience in creating dashboards and reports using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and Power BI
Experience supporting or developing solutions on Microsoft SharePoint or equivalent solution/platform
Experience supporting or developing solutions on FiServ Nautilus ECM or equivalent system/platform
Knowledge of system/process documentation
Skilled with server side architectures and system design and development
Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services or any other cloud ecosystem
Experience designing information security into applications Working
Experience working in an SDLC environment
Ability to quickly learn new applications, processes, and procedures
Expert knowledge on Architecture of Online Banking and SDK platform
Licenses and Certifications
Within 1 yearOr
Within 1 year

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