Technical Lead

Summary:

The Technical Ld, Softwr Eng  position is a combination of a Sr. Developer/Team Lead. Must be strong technically with a capability to be a potential architect as well as the ability to lead small teams.  Will work with the Manager of Application Development to help manage the overall book of application development projects.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities include:

• A developer responsible for leading a development project team(s)

• Provide hands on development and mentoring as necessary for other members of the development team

• Coding approximately 30% of the time

• Define high level application designs

• Establish technical vision and works with developers to turn it into reality

• Work with various business owners to understand business needs

• Ability to communicate to business in easy to understand non-technical terms

• Translate business needs into technical specifications

• Meet with business areas to explain technical capabilities of current platform

• Meet with potential 3rd party integrators to understand possible future capabilities and integration points

• Ability to delegate and get full productivity from development team

• Ability to work on many projects in various stages concurrently

• Ability to create visual representation of a technical solution

• Broaden the technical abilities of the development team

• Participate in robust debate on technical solutions along with Application Architects

• Ability to create project plans and status reporting

• Able to find a balance between doing it right and getting it done

• Success is measured by the team’s success as much as the individual’s abilities

• Maintain regular and punctual attendance

Other Related Duties:

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Manages staff and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

• Angular JS knowledge

• Willing to learn new technologies/software

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

• Strong work ethic with good time management skills

• Ability to work with diverse, geographically distributed teams

• High level of focus and attention to details

• Proactive approach

• Take ownership of the work and projects assigned to you

• Superior Organizational Skills

• Excellent Communication Skills

Education and/or Experience:

• Position requires a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Technology, Informatics, Computer Science, Engineering or Business or equivalent experience

• 7+ years experience with Java/JEE, Servlet/JSP, Spring/Struts, HTML/CSS, JavaScript/Ajax, XML, Web Services SOAP/REST, Hibernate, EJB

• 2+ years experience at project/technical lead level leading a team of developers

• 3+ years experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server

• 3+ years experience with IBM WebSphere Portal and Content Management

Preferred Experience:

• Production Mortgage Industry Experience

• 4+ years experience at project/technical lead level leading a team of developers

• 1-2 years of Angular JS experience

Language Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, and percentages.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Personal/Organizational Contacts:

Regular and substantial contact with others. Contacts usually involve discussions related to policies and programs. Handles sensitive, complex, and/or confidential information.

Customer Service Relationships:

Assesses and diffuses problem situations and requires influencing others to reach consensus. Requires tact and diplomacy to handle difficult customer relationships. Explores alternatives and creative solutions to meeting the needs of customers.

Work Complexity:

Tasks and responsibilities require integration of diverse functional areas and involve variables that are more abstract. Work is substantially complex and varied, and requires the interpretation of technical and detailed guidelines, policies and procedures in combination.

Independent Judgement/Problem Solving:

Performs duties within scope of general Company policies, procedures and objectives. Analyzes problems and performs needs assessments. Uses judgment in adapting broad guidelines to achieve desired result. Regular exercise of independent judgment within accepted practices. Makes recommendations that affect policies, procedures and practices. Refers exceptions to policy and procedures to the supervisor.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Freedom Mortgage is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Americans with Disabilities Act:

Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential job functions of the position either with or without reasonable accommodation. Applicants as well as employees are encouraged to meet with Human Resources as the organization shall review reasonable accommodations on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.

Job Responsibilities:

The statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as an all-inclusive list of all the work requirements of the position. Freedom Mortgage Corporation may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.

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