Lead Software Engineer

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At DCI, we're reinventing direct care administration to create a sustain able future. We design state of the art systems that streamline administration and direct more resources to caregiving.

💼 What is the job?

The primary responsibility of the Lead Software Engineer is to serve as an expert technical resource overseeing architectural design and implementation of software and technologies while acting as a hands-on leader of a small team of engineers. As a member of the DCI team, this individual will spend their time contributing to high quality, testable software solutions used across the DCI Software product line. The Lead Software Engineer will serve as a technology leader, and be the final escalation point for production issues and serve as a primary decision maker of technology choice across the DCI Software product line. 

• Work with software development, QA, and DevOps teams to produce high quality technology solutions 

• Lead a small team to design and develop solutions to DCI Software’s biggest technical opportunities. 

• Mentor less senior engineers as needed 

• Build modern, architecturally sound components, tools and applications to meet mission-driven strategic business goals 

• Infuse quality of service characteristics, such as scalability, manageability and maintainability, into distributed frameworks to create or expand business or technical capabilities 

• Employ industry best practices to evaluate, correct and prevent vulnerabilities during the software development process 

• Serve as a leader, encouraging a culture of innovation and accountability while adhering to Agile best practices 

• Research and prototype new or alternative software solutions to improve the quality of our developed products 

• Assist in process development and enhancement in accordance with ITIL best practices 

• Additional projects or duties as assigned 

• ALL DCI employees will be vigilant to support the positive compliant cybersecurity company posture by familiarizing themselves with all policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines and act accordingly. This position is expected to exert the utmost care, due diligence, and ensure the proper compliance for all computer, server and cloud systems. This position is trusted to ensure proper protections for all sensitive information created, stored, transmitted and otherwise processed by supporting barriers deterring unauthorized access, recognizing and reporting problems that are uncharacteristic of business activity and known and as-yet unrecognized vulnerabilities and risks in hardware and software. This position will support the management and monitoring of any attacks and intrusions, forensics and subsequent activities. 

Requirements

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

• 5+ years developing large-scale, highly reliable and highly available Internet facing applications using Microsoft technologies 

• 2+ years of leading people, either as team lead or technical lead 

• 7+ years of experience with software development technologies such as .NET (C# / ASP.NET/.Net Core) 

• 7+ years of experience with MS-SQL or similar SQL database writing T-SQL and stored procedures and database schema design 

• 5+ years of experience with cloud technologies (Azure Preferred) using PaaS and Saas offerings 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Experience in developing technical documentation

• Experience leading and mentoring junior and senior technical team members 

• Experience using JIRA, Git (BitBucket), Lucid Chart, C# 

COMMUNICATION SKILLS 

• Communicate effectively in group or individual situations in order to clarify needs and instructions 

• Communicate professional and respectfully with internal/external clients and co-workers 

• Read and interpret written information and procedural documentation 

• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing using accurate grammatical form 

• Maintain confidentiality 

RESPONSIBILITIES AS A TEAM MEMBER 

• Takes personal responsibility for actions. This is demonstrated through owning problems, problem solving and not projecting problems or failures to others or the "system" if not warranted 

• Demonstrates excellence in work standards, is tenacious in completing tasks 

• Able to effectively problem solve and make decisions. To include resolving crisis situations and developing resolutions between parties 

• Works well with other team members and departments 

• Demonstrates the ability to interact and cooperate using respectful relations in order to efficiently accomplish mutual goals and assignments 

• Requests support from team with ample time to accommodate the support request in order to meet deadlines

• Ensures effectiveness in processes to achieve/seek best practice 

• Follow-up assignments will be completed and communicated as agreed 

Benefits

♥️What's in It for You?

• 15 paid holidays, including your birthday! We believe celebrating you is just as important as the work you do.
• Paid Time Off and Paid Sick Time
• Employee Recognition Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Referral Program, get extra rewards for referring your friends to work with Acumen!
• Paid Parental Leave
• Be a part of a mission driven culture where you can make a real impact
• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Voluntary benefits, including Pet Insurance

💭What Do You Think? Are You Ready to Make a Difference in Someone’s Life Every Single Day?

Apply today and be part of a team that values compassion, accountability, and purpose.