Software Engineer, Lead

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with peers and team members to design, write, and support user-facing features that further the organization's objectives.
• Deliver features by writing code.
• Identify areas of the technology and architecture that need to be improved or updated, and propose solutions.
• Help the team identify risks, make them known, and mitigate them if possible.
• Promptly escalate issues that affect product delivery and quality beyond scope of influence.
• Set an example for the team through quality of work, character, and demeanor.
• Help the team avoid and reduce technical debt.
• Mentor new and junior delivery team members.
• Represent the team to management.
• Research new technologies, techniques, and industry developments.
• Interpret and develop meaningful test plans and coordinate with QA engineers to build, execute, and maintain automation scripts using Selenium and other testing tools.
• Identify and document defects discovered during test execution.
• Maintain and utilize Test-Driven Development (TDD) best practices while building custom software solutions.
• Document and troubleshoot defects to maintain a resilient platform.
• Design and participate in developing front-end application and back-end business services interaction protocols (e.g., Web Services).
• Champion team upskilling through mentoring, teaching, training, and coaching.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to identify and address the needs of users.
• Thorough understanding of software development best practices and procedures.
• Ability to manage time and prioritize tasks.
• Strong development skills in OOP and MVC/MVVM patterns.
• Highly effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to be licensed as an Employee by various racing and gaming jurisdictions, as required.
• Authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis.
• Bachelor of Science in Information Science/Systems or equivalent experience and industry certifications.
• 5+ years of demonstrated career progression.
• 2+ years of web automation experience, including web service automation.
• Experience with Serverless technologies.
• Recent experience serving as a member of an Agile scrum team.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery concepts.
• Experience developing consumer-facing applications.
• Experience with AWS Lambda, AWS Dynamo, Java, React, Git, Selenium, Ready! API, XML, Jenkins, TestNG, Maven, CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Serverless technologies.
• Experience with AWS Lambda and AWS Dynamo.
• Experience with web service automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Information Science/Systems or equivalent experience and industry certifications.
• 5+ years of demonstrated career progression.
• 2+ years of web automation experience, including web service automation.

Benefits & Perks

• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.