Development Team Lead

The Flooid Development Team Lead works closely with and leads a team of Software Engineers in creating and customizing solutions to meet customer technology needs. The Development Team Lead owns the solution software architecture from conception to implementation, as well as the technical effort estimations for work assigned to their team.

Requirements

You and the Role

The Development Team Lead position has great flexibility and the opportunity to work on a global scale. The primary duties of this role include:

• Estimating technical effort required for work assigned to the team.
• Assigning work units to individual team members.
• Overseeing the team’s execution against project plans and delivery commitments.
• Managing the day-to-day work assigned to the development team and ensuring team members continually work to hone their skills and strive towards their career goals.
• Mentoring direct reports and helping them achieve their desired career goals and objectives.
• Performing scheduled performance reviews and goal setting for direct reports.
• Leading daily stand-up meetings to understand progress status and potential roadblocks.
• Performing technical root cause analysis and outlining corrective action for complex problems/defects.
• Independently determining both a general approach and specific solutions to various technical problems.
• Continuously improving software delivery processes and practices for Flooid products.
• Applying a sense of urgency, commitment, and focus to the right priorities for developing Flooid solutions.
• Working collaboratively and professionally with other Flooid associates in cross-functional teams to achieve department and business goals.

Skills and Experience

A successful Development Team Lead at Flooid makes decisions using strategic perspective and works decisively with independence and integrity. The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Experience in professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle (Agile, SDLC), including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals in object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
• Experience in Java, Angular, and Open Source frameworks.
• Experience in Cloud architectures, GCP preferred.
• Experience supporting commercial applications/systems.
• Experience in improving teams’ ways of working to eliminate waste and improve flow.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills – must demonstrate a methodical approach to troubleshooting problems with varying degrees of complexity.
• Heightened technical awareness and the ability to understand the reasoning and implications of technical decisions.
• Strong oral and written communication skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills – must be able to communicate and interact effectively with customers and coworkers.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to set priorities, handle multiple responsibilities, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders and collaborators from across the business.
• Strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills, with the confidence to ask questions and challenge opinions when necessary.
• Ability to have difficult conversations.
• Driven attitude with a superior ability to execute and sustain a high sense of urgency.
• Ability to quickly develop a working knowledge of Flooid products and services.

Benefits

Our Company

Flooid is an innovative software technology company offering cutting edge retail and hospitality solutions to major global brands, from point of sale, mobile, online, social, and beyond, as well as solutions for Cloud and Managed Services, ensuring our retail partners have everything they need to make the sale. Our customers’ needs are at the heart of what we do, and that focus has resulted in great historical success and an exciting strategy for where we are headed in the future.

Location: United States – Remote or In-Office/Hybrid (primary office located in Cincinnati, Ohio). Because this role supports our global business, candidates should be based in the Eastern or Central Time Zones.

Hours: Full-Time – At Flooid, we promote a flexible work environment that allows you to balance your work responsibilities with other priorities, like picking up your children, caring for an aging parent, or attending important family events.

Benefits: Benefits start on day one – medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage available; competitive salary; flexible PTO policy that allows for uncapped PTO; fully paid FMLA leave comparable to company-paid short-term disability coverage; 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave; 401(k) plan with company match

Applications: If you believe you have the skills and experience to succeed this role, even if you do not meet 100% of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway! Research suggests that certain groups of the population will apply for a role if they meet 60% of a role's requirements, while others will only apply if they hit 100%. We encourage applications from anyone with the skills, experience, and attributes that will make you a great fit for the role and addition to the company.

Reasonable Accommodations: Work is performed in an office setting with frequent interruptions. This position requires the ability to sit or stand at a workstation for extended periods of time. The ability to communicate effectively in person, by phone, and on electronic devices is necessary to perform this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Flooid is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and complies with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and all other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations pertaining to EEO as well as subsequent guidelines established by the EEO Commission.