The Lead Developer oversees the software development of a team. They offer technical guidance and coaching to developers and programmers of all experience levels and routinely assess individual Developer performance. Tech Leads are put in charge of multiple projects to ensure that coding best practices and delivery excellence is being achieved. They are accountable for the retention of the team and satisfaction of the client.
WHO YOU ARE
You enjoy working with smaller team sizes, thrive with a large amount of autonomy, and don’t mind some ambiguity.
You value an agile & iterative culture where feedback is given quickly and constructively, collaboration is as easy as breathing, iterations are done swiftly, and integrations are continuous.
You are self-motivated, independent, and are an innovator at heart. You take general direction well and can fill in the gaps. Being biased towards action is hardcoded into your problem-solving techniques and you always have your eye on keeping the team moving forward. You know how to find your way to solutions and raise your hand when you need help. You get fulfillment from providing a WOW experience to clients.
We are a collaborative and cross-functional team built on the values of a community and driven by accountability, communication, and creative thinking. We believe in short incremental development cycles so we expect our developers to commit code daily at a minimum. We expect our contributors to work autonomously and with an ability to identify, communicate, and solve problems swiftly.
Role Responsibilities
Technical Activities:
Team Management Activities:
Contributions to the Work Environment:
We base our compensation on the following factors: location, experience, exposure, & skills. Divelement offers a remote-first work environment where autonomy and accountability go hand-in-hand. In addition to our compensation and work environment, we offer PTO, Holidays, and Medical benefits.
Applied knowledge in Domain Area of Expertise
Strategically understands the value an impact that different technologies can have based on different use cases
Core Values
Embrace: You embrace the value as part of your everyday mission at Divelement and understand its impact on the business and community. You actively look for ways to mature your understanding and use of the value.
Supervision
Does not need supervision but proactively reviews work with Leader and Stakeholders because they understand the importance of information sharing. Mentors the mentors. Provides leadership but also knows when to let others run with their ideas. Allows team members to put their own stamp on their daily work (i.e. avoids technical micro-management) while still providing boundaries to ensure project success through supervision.
Knowledge
Subject Matter Expert - very few employees exist at this level. Possesses deep functional expertise and organizational knowledge to identify, explain, and drive decisions that impact entire function and influence company achievement of goals. This individual has emotional intelligence knowledge to support their team's growth.
Their knowledge expands across the organization's functions so that they transfer and translate complex business needs or goals to their team and other teams.
Productivity
Reports on team productivity and focuses on incremental improvements on an individual and team basis. Designs architectures and develops software for functional areas. Create goals, identify problems, & coordinate solutions across teams.
Applies backstopping: recognizes when work falls beyond scope of project and can decide if the project plan should be adjusted to accommodate additional work or if work belongs in a new project.
Teamwork
Responsible for the satisfaction, work capacity, assignment, development, and retention of the Team. Understands that teamwork is vital and keeps the company operational and marketable.
Communication
Sets long-term vision and is able to communicate it clearly to all levels of the organization.
Has a large network of relationships within the Company and a growing one outside of it.
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Divelement Web Services is an agile and thriving IT consulting and engineering services firm founded in Austin, TX but with operations in Mexico.
Our company's foundation is buil…