Lead Software Engineer

Company: Faction
Location: Denver
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Denver-based Faction-- empowers clients by giving them maximum control in an unmatched hybrid & multi-cloud environment that performs like on-prem, scales like public, and connects them like never before. Faction-- is a Platinum-level NetApp Service Provider, Premier Partner in the VMware-- Cloud Provider Program (VCPP) and an early access partner for VMware Cloud on AWS. Faction-- has SOC 1 & 2, HIPAA compliant and PCI capable cloud nodes in 7 geographies across North America. Join the Faction revolution!Faction's culture encourages and cultivates an entrepreneurial spirit every day, and embodies out-of-the-box thinking, which all translate to our company values: We are genuine; We are innovators; We are relentless problem solvers; We are passionate about client delight; We are radically transparent; We are a professional team, and we do our best thinking with a shared beverage. Can you manage challenges while maintaining a positive client-focused attitude?The Position: We are seeking an experienced, T-shaped software engineer to lead our multi-cloud platform software development, including both customer-facing services leveraged by our portal, as well as backend internal services. There is a strong opportunity to assume increasing team management responsibilities, if desired.Responsibilities:* Technical lead for software developers in sprints * Lead FE through BE software design sessions with Sr. Developers* Prepare development plans based on business requirements from Product* Ensure code and documentation meets Faction's standards* Establish and update best practices* Help prioritize development resources to align to the needs of the platform and the needs of the business* Work with architecture to establish strategic guidance and practices* Report status of development efforts and developer effectiveness* Responsible for the accuracy of development against requirements* Mentor Junior developers to the ways of the wise* Coordinate development efforts with operations* Establish & maintain CI/CD pipeline for development* Groom backlog to assure Jira is consistent with development plan* Assist deployments as interim release managerDesired Qualifications:* Enjoys rapidly mastering new technologies* Experience with .NET Core, preference for candidates with significant experience in multiple languages. Bonus for also leveraging Python in the past, or a clear pattern of easy mastery of new languages and frameworks* Drives for consensus on solution acceptance criteria with stakeholders and is self-motivated to push the entire team towards an excellent technical outcome* Comfortable being part of a high-performance team working hard to overcome big challenges on tight timelines while maintaining work-life balance* Enjoys a high-communication environment * Experience using relational and/or NoSQL databases* Passionate about understanding the heart of a problem, from the endpoint of the end user (either internal or external)* Experience with RESTful APIs; consumption and production, including schema generation from models, or code generation from API specifications or models* Experience with system, network, and/or storage engineering and/or domain knowledge with system, network, and storage* Experience with virtualization and/or cloud technologies, especially at the API layer (Especially AWS and VMware APIs)* Bias toward engineering "hardened" code that strongly checks assertions and fails loudly and gracefully if it must fail* You are the sort of person people enjoy working with* You can check your ego at the door and enjoy helping a team succeed* Experience with a version control system, preferably Git* BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or a related field or equivalent experience

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