Title: Lead Software Engineer/Engineering Manager (Portals Team)
Department: Technology
Job Location: Washington, DC or anywhere (Continental US) (If local, on-site Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
Reports To: Director, Engineering
Supervisory Role: No
FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Summary:

The Lead Software Engineer for our Portals team will be a key contributor to full lifecycle software development while coaching, leading, and mentoring their small technical team. This role oversees the technical details and day-to-day execution of all new features and operational activities within the development team in collaboration with the technical product owner. The Lead Engineer is a critical element in our agile delivery process for new features and capabilities to support our growing music royalty processing platform.

Essential Functions:

• Provide hands-on technical leadership to a small team of software engineers
• Collaborate across teams to estimate, design, develop, support, test, and deliver data driven solutions
• Facilitate architecture discussions and decision-making both within and across teams
• Interface with key project stakeholders, mentor team members, and promote and improve software engineering practices
• Demonstrate responsibility, accountability, and dedication to engineering team and company success
• Establish and promote use of technologies and processes that lower risk and increase efficiency
• Support and improve software development standards and best practices, including generative coding, peer reviews, and source control
• Support and improve existing software applications and design, or collaborate on designing, new software applications or features
• Take responsibility for full Agile SDLC, especially from refinement to release
• Lead, coach, and develop team members by setting clear expectations, providing timely feedback, supporting growth, and fostering a collaborative and accountable work environment

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs):

• Proficiency at designing and developing software using many of the following: Python, Django, SQL (Postgres), AWS (S3, ECS, OpenSearch, RDS, Cloudfront, etc.), JavaScript, Typescript, JPax, Git, Kiro
• Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure as code technologies
• Experience with Vue3 or other UI frameworks
• Experience with migrating legacy application to modern technologies
• Experience building enterprise software with complex business rules and data models
• Experience designing and developing microservices or other distributed systems
• Experience with scaling to work with large data sets
• Ability to influence and communicate effectively with team members, peers, and business partners
• Proficiency in Agile software development methodology, processes, and practices

Required Education, Certifications/ Licenses, Related Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience
• 7 or more years of experience in software engineering
• At least 2 years of experience leading a software engineering team

ADA Specifications:

• This position requires the ability to remain in a stationary position (standing and/or seated) all of the time
• This position requires the ability to spend all of the time viewing computer monitors

Travel Requirements:

• If hired remote, this person is expected to travel to the Washington DC corporate office as needed (3-4 times per year).

PAY RANGE: $171,000.00 - $209,000.00