Lead Software Engineer

Daily, you should bring:
A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems.
Demonstrated ownership for the projects delivered by your team and department
Knowledge of system design and implementation best practices to guide and mentor
A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast-paced environment
A proven ability to work with product teams to translate requirements into well-defined technical implementations, as well as the ability to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health
A keen eye for potential optimizations and enhancements to our services
Kindness and pragmatic optimism.
Your unique view and experience

Responsibilities:
Writing and reviewing a lot of code and tests
Available for a weekly rotating On-Call support schedule
Reading requirements documentation from Product and translating into implementation tickets, and leading the team through execution
Defining, reviewing, and documenting software and system designs in a high-throughput, low-latency microservices environment
Enhancing systems' observability with proper metrics, monitors, and alerts
Delegating tasks to team members when needed.

Basic Qualification:
BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience
7+ years of software engineering experience
Advanced proficiency with Java, such as understanding heap, multi-threading, and profiling
Demonstrable analytical / problem-solving skills
Great communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications:
Comprehensive experience with:
Spring Boot and related Spring projects
Non-relational database technologies, e.g., DynamoDB
Redis and/or MemCache
Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis
AWS
Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes
Ad Tech industry

Required Education: STEM Bachelors