Technical Lead

Company: PROS
Location: Houston
Posted on: November 22, 2021

Job Description:

Technical Lead-(Remote) Reporting to the Manager of Product Development, the Technical Lead is the primary team member who leads efforts to innovate, conceive, design and develop modern, comprehensive software solutions.You will collaborate with product management, architects, and engineers to drive successful outcomes with focus on people, quality, and best practices. A Day in the Life of the Technical Lead - About the role: This role will be about engineering PROS data platform that enables customers to utilize smart solutions driven by algorithms from in-house science and research. An insatiable intellectual curiosity to simplify and optimize how data ingressed, managed and accessed will be a critically essential trait in the applicants daily work. The applicant will therefore: Contribute to the AI platform to enable innovations in PROS products Provide leadership and direction within the team as well as hands-on contributions Make technical architecture decisions and design business critical systems Work with Product Management to understand and refine business requirements and translate them into technical designs and implementation plans Regular reporting of project implementation progress and resource status Work closely with engineering, cloud infrastructure, and support teams to automate and streamline our operations and processes Troubleshoot and resolve issues with our dev, test, and production environments Demonstrate an ability to plan and lead as well as think on your feet as necessary Learn and keep up with new technologies and frameworks Required Qualifications - About you: We are looking for candidates who possess a broad range of microservices and REST API development experience. Your primary focus will be on developing software services that operate at 100% uptime with elastic workloads.This position is the combination of the following achievements, skills and behaviors: Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related discipline 5+ years professional experience in software development industry 2+ years of experience leading agile teams and planning using agile software development methodologies 2+ years of hands-on experience in delivering, monitoring and troubleshooting SaaS applications and microservices 2+ years experience in Node / Typescript development 2+ years experience working with REST API developmentin NestJS or Express 2+ years experience with MongoDB and/or Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Experience with OpenAPI and generation of SDKs Experience developing/deploying microservicesusing CI/CD Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations Excellent communications skills, with the ability to clearly and concisely articulate complex ideas and concepts both verbally and though technical documentation Experience leading and mentor junior team members Experience developing a product roadmap Experience with the Java programming language Experience working with both relational and no-SQL database Preferred: Experience working with Microsoft Azure services Experience developing Apache Spark based Data Services Experience working with Databricks services, Delta Lake and Delta Engine Experience with the React framework and HTML5 Experience with Atlassian suite (Stash/BitBucket, Jira, Confluence) Experience working with large scale distributed enterprise applications Experience working with geographically diverse teams A drive to enable collaboration across cross functional teams Skills & Personal Characteristics: Ownership Passion Pride Trust Integrity Innovation Customer Centricity

Keywords: PROS, Houston , Technical Lead, IT / Software / Systems , Houston, Texas