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Lead Platform Software Engineer

jobr.pro, Oak Brook, Illinois, United States, 60523

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This role is responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment. As a Lead Platform Software Engineer, you will have relevant experience with both front-end and back-end coding languages, software development architecture and design patterns, development frameworks and third‑party libraries. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in developing consumer‑facing digital products in collaboration with product and design leaders. This individual must be creative, client focused, team player, organized, and can thrive in a dynamic environment.

Our engineering team is built on the principle of humans over code. We are a tight‑knit group of lifelong learners in a constant quest to be a team that is greater than the sum of its parts. Come join us!

Design, develop, and test applications (e.g. API, web apps) in accordance with established standards.

Set short to medium term technical direction, creating plans to help achieve goals

Participate in peer‑reviews of solution designs and related code.

Package and support deployment of releases.

Foster an environment where different backgrounds, cultures, industry and life experiences are embraced and valued.

Collaborate on architecture decisions, ensuring that we are adapting and evolving to meet organization’s scaling business needs

Collaborate with other software developers, product managers and software architects to plan, design and deliver applications.

Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.

Adhere to high‑quality development principles while delivering solutions on time and within budget.

Ensure that non‑functional requirements such as security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability are being considered when architecting solutions.

Work in an Agile framework to identify and automate solutions that result in enhanced developer experience and increased developer productivity.

Stay abreast of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in solution architecture and technology innovation.

Contribute towards defining and establishing benchmarks, metrics, and quality measures.

Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Education & Experience:

7-10 years of experience in software or solution architecture roles, with a focus on designing and implementing complex, enterprise‑level solutions using cloud platform

Strong knowledge of software architecture principles, design patterns, and architectural frameworks.

Strong understanding of Continuous Delivery patterns, Cloud foundational patterns, Observability patterns, Developer experience patterns.

Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience

Technical Proficiency And Skills:

Proficiency with:

js

React

TypeScript

Apollo GraphQL

Git Version Control System

PostgreSQL

Google Cloud

Jest

Docker Container

CI/CD Pipelines

Experience with one or more cloud platforms, preferably GCP

Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Great attention to detail and organizational skills

Experience delivering individual and institutional client facing solutions; Web Portal(s), online payments, and third‑party integrations

Good understanding of Agile/Scrum methodology

Expertise in delivering secure, high performance, fault‑tolerant, and high availability solutions

Experience with DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD, SecDevOps, Containers, Serverless

Other Requirements:

Infrequent travel (10%)

Ability to occasionally work overtime or after hours

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

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