Lead Software Engineer

As a lead software engineer working on our systems and services, you will work with and/or lead a team of other software engineers to deliver projects and systems critical to Fandango and Sports Next businesses. We expect our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic about taking on new problems across our businesses as we continue to build great things for our customers.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve back end software and services written in Java/node.js/Python
• Perform code reviews and collaborate with peers on software solutions
• Interact with Product Managers and Quality Engineers to deliver high-quality, high-profile software and user experiences
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (standups, retros, sprint planning, etc.)
• Troubleshoot and fix production issues as they occur
• Lead/Mentor team members with complex technical and design issues

Requirements

Minimum qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a software engineer working in a back-end or full-stack capacity
• A deep understanding of current software design patterns and principles, as well as secure coding best practices
• 5 years of experience and understanding in computer science fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
• 2+ years of professional experience in three or more of the following programming/query languages
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • Java
  • SQL
  • GraphQL
• Experience with a variety of data stores; SQL/RDBMS, NoSQL (incl. Document), BaaS, etc.
• Experience with Git and source code control management and branching strategies
• Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, and/or service-oriented architectures
• Strong working knowledge of common networking, infrastructure, and technical security fundamentals

Desired Characteristics:

• Passionate about software development throughout the entire software life cycle from design and architecture through development, testing and delivery
• Excited to learn from, teach, mentor and grow the rest of the software engineering team
• Collaborative. Works well in a team. Excited to succeed and to help other engineers succeed
• Eager to learn and stretch your boundaries while you learn and leverage new technologies
• Open to proposing new approaches and new ideas
• Takes initiative to independently solve both technical and non-technical problems
• Comfortable working across multiple teams and platforms, with a variety of stakeholders
• Experience developing consumer facing software, especially at scale
• Familiarity with test driven and behavioral driven development practices
• Experience with a variety of back-end frameworks and productivity tools
• Experience working in an agile/Scrum environment
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure or similar) technologies
• Familiarity with software build, release, deployment and monitoring tools and practices
• Experience with configuration management and infrastructure as code (IaC)
• Experience with distributed systems design and architecture
• Experience with stream processing, and serverless/event-driven architectures
• Experience working with 3rd party integrations

Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.

Additional information

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