Technical Lead

Technical

• Minimum 7 years in a technical development role.
• 5+ years experience developing enterprise Java applications using Spring, with unit tests.
• Experience designing, delivering, and maintaining RESTful services.
• Experience with cloud services from AWS or Azure.
• Experience with messaging services like SQS, IBM MQ, RabbitMQ, or similar.
• Experience managing efficient database connections and transactions in Java.
• Experience writing and executing complex SQL.
• Previously delivered major application features used in Production.
• Strong passion for technology and a willingness to learn and apply new skills.
• Proven design skills with significant knowledge of core libraries and common design patterns.
• Ability to follow standards that produce clean code that is easy to understand.
• Understanding of security testing practices and methodologies.
• Customer-first approach to software development.
• Able to work independently with minimal direction to meet commitments.
• Strong focus on system performance, scalability with the ability to troubleshoot in large and complex software systems.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Inclination towards automation, unit tests, integration tests, and adopting agile practices.
• Hands-on experience with security vulnerability scanning tools (Snyk, Qualys)

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with others efficiently and effectively to accomplish tasks on the desired timeline.
• Learn and apply new business and technical concepts quickly.
• Provide technical leadership to the team, ensuring design and architecture are aligned with the FindLaw strategy, standards, and best practices.
• Participate in all aspects of the agile process from story creation through release.
• Design, develop, test, and deliver application features that delight customers.
• Understand and apply current secure development practices.
• Maintain an understanding of industry trends and use this knowledge to bring new innovative ideas to the group.
• Support Production applications as needed to prevent service interruptions and maintain a high level of quality for our customers.
• Communicate effectively in written and verbal form with colleagues and vendor representatives.
• Mentor junior engineers to sustain a high level of development standards.
• Effectively manage your priorities and time.
• Present technical concepts and proposals with business and technical audiences in a way that resonates with them.
• Tackle the largest technical challenges facing the team.
• Contribute non-functional requirements to projects to achieve long term application health and stability.