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NAVEX

Senior Lead Software Engineer

Charlotte, NC

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Position Summary:

At NAVEX you will join our product engineering team that shares a passion for designing quality solutions, embracing new technologies and delivering powerful products that help our customers protect their reputation and bottom line.

As our Senior Lead Software Engineer, you will provide technical guidance and oversight. In this role, you will have ample opportunity to explore new value-added product features, invest in product development and tool research, technically lead and mentor a software development team, and grow your career, all while balancing your life priorities.

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We Offer You:

  • An Inspiring Culture. Invested teammates, belonging groups, and a socially determined culture
  • Meaningful Work. Innovative products and solutions with real life impact for people and organizations
  • Career Growth. Stellar training and an unwavering commitment to your growth and success
  • Life Flexibility. Time to care for yourself, your loved ones, and your community
  • Industry Leadership. A highly reputable, fast growing and consistently profitable organization
  • Real Rewards. Competitive and transparent pay practices, wellbeing programs and benefits with choice

What You Will Do:

  • Lead a team of engineers while also being an individual contributor to keep your development skills sharp
  • Help team members grow through mentoring, coaching, 1:1s, performance appraisals, career progression plans and compensation decisions
  • Oversee the design and development of product features and modernize technical debt
  • Promote opportunities for refactoring by examining patterns of system usage and identifying areas of optimization
  • Provide technical oversight for feature development, ensuring appropriate test coverage, and reviewing and approving pull requests
  • Remove roadblocks and/or bottlenecks for the team and resolve questions in real time
  • Participate in sprint planning for work that will be coming into future sprints and work with the team to help drive sprints to completion
  • Participate in elaboration and design sessions with other engineers, architects and product managers, providing constructive and honest feedback during sprint retrospectives for continuous improvement. You will need to understand business requirements and translate business needs into technology solutions
  • Take advantage of extensive use of automation, including continuous integration, automated deployments, automated unit and functional testing

What You Will Need:

  • A bachelor's degree in computer science or similar technical disciple or equivalent work-related experience
  • 6+ years' software development experience and 2+ years people management experience focusing on career progression, performance appraisals and compensation planning for a cross functional team
  • Experience working in a web-based or multi-tier system desired
  • Experience with object-oriented programming concepts such as design patterns, encapsulation and inheritance as well as database design and software architecture
  • Strong knowledge of Agile software development best practices, unit testing, continuous integration, etc.
  • Experience debugging and troubleshooting applications with IDE, SQL profiler, Chrome developer tools, etc.
  • A self-motivated individual with the ability to learn and come up to speed on new technologies quickly
  • Experience with the following technologies:

    • Python and SQL
    • Machine learning frameworks, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn
    • Data manipulation and analysis tools, such as Pandas and NumPy
    • Cloud-based database and analytics platforms, such as Snowflake or Databricks
    • Containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Airflow
  • Knowledge of GitHub best practices for team development involving feature branches, pull requests, release tags, etc.
  • Strong time management, problem solving and critical thinking skills with the ability to identify and influence others on the best solution
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a commitment to collaborate with people across a variety of levels with diverse backgrounds

We believe each member of our team deserves to see a path forward to achieving their career and financial goals.

  • Each team member is required to have a career plan in place and reviewed with their manager after six months with our team.
  • The starting pay for this role is $130,000 per annum with 5% MBO.
  • Pay progression is based on performance.

Our pay programs are just one element of our commitment to Be the ONE place you want to thrive in life. Check out NAVEX's career page to learn about our innovative people programs designed to create one powerful life experience for YOU!

NAVEX is an equal opportunity employer, including disability/vets.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Client-provided location(s): Charlotte, NC, USA; Lake Oswego, OR, USA
Job ID: NAVEX-R4858
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
  • Parental Benefits

    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Company Outings
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Leave of Absence
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Paid Holidays
    • Paid Vacation
  • Financial and Retirement

    • Performance Bonus
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • 401(K)
  • Professional Development

    • Promote From Within
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program