Lead, Software Engineering

Responsibilities
Management and staff in Tungsten Automation's Software Engineering job family help the company to build and improve new and/or existing software products and their applications that we sell to our customers. Responsibilities of the Lead, Engineering position include:

• Act as the project person for project status updates and/or other inquiries related to the team's deliverables
• Responsible for ensuring tasks within projects are completed on time, and with high quality
• Contribute to team member identification/assignment (works with manager and other department managers)
• Play a lead role in project scoping (works with the manager, other leaders, and stakeholders)
• Responsible for completing regular reporting and project status updates
• Responsible for facilitating and coordinating interaction, communication, review, and decision-making with a multitude of departments outside of the immediate team
• Responsible for team members within a single function (i.e. within the Software Engineering job family) who are direct reports. This position may also have cross-functional direct reports (such as from the Software Engineering and Quality Assurance job families) upon prior approval of the EVP, Products.

Lead, Engineering staff must be capable of performing all of the following departmental tasks:

• Contributing to product ideas and innovation
• Evaluating product roadmaps (working with Product Management and User Experience, among other internal partners) to determine design and programming development requirements to meet customer needs (includes evaluating existing products and applications to enhance these and/or designing new products and applications)
• Conducting research, where appropriate and needed, to solve specific design problems
• Creating product and/or applications architecture and design documentation to specify engineering development requirements
• Writing/developing code for new, existing, or enhanced software products and applications
• Working with various internal partners (such as Quality Assurance) to test new or enhanced products and their applications
• Participating in cross-functional build/configuration activities to ensure overall effective and efficient new or enhanced engineering design
• Contributing to downstream business activities such as technical publications and other technical communications' tool development to ensure streamlined and effective end-user use of Tungsten Automation software products and their applications
• Ensuring new or updated releases are completed on time, on-target, on budget and without compromise to quality
• Supporting other internal and external partners/stakeholders/customers, as and when appropriate, in responding to technical inquiries
• Staying abreast of industry and field developments; remaining current in the latest technologies and functionalities, as well as the ever-evolving needs of customers and their customers

While the job description describes what is anticipated as the requirements of the position, the job requirements are subject to change based upon any changing needs and requirements of the business.
Required Skills

• Strong Java language knowledge is required.
• Spring Framework and Spring Boot is a must.
• Strong knowledge of SQL. Oracle is a plus.
• Candidate should be comfortable working in Linux and know basics of shell scripting and working in terminal.

These Are Nice To Have

• Knowledge of Apache Kafka can be beneficial.
• Previous background with AWS or any other cloud provider.
• Familiar with Terraform

Required Experience
Candidates for this position should hold the following qualifications, have the following experience, and be able to demonstrate the following competencies to be considered as a suitable applicant. Please note that except where specified as "preferred," or as a "plus," all points listed below are considered minimum requirements.

• Graduate Degree in a related discipline is strongly preferred
• Has 7-10 years' relevant technical experience
• Demonstrable abilities to effectively drive projects from conception through to successful completion

Tungsten Automation is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V