Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. JD Power powers auto-related decisions through proprietary data, advanced analytics, industry expertise, and seamless workflows. The Team Lead, Engineering role provides technical project execution and operational leadership for a multidisciplinary software development team while contributing to software design, testing, delivery, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.
Responsibilities
- Foster and maintain a positive, accountable, and collaborative work environment to motivate Engineering staff
- Own team delivery outcomes, ensuring commitments are met with expected quality, velocity, and reliability
- Contribute to the definition, adoption, and enforcement of best practices for all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle
- Identify, track, and report on key engineering performance indicators (quality, velocity, productivity, delivery reliability)
- Collaborate with Business Unit stakeholders to align priorities and allocate resources based on business objectives
- Provide day-to-day functional oversight and leadership for Engineering staff
- Identify and remove obstacles that prevent the team from meeting delivery commitments
- Provide continuous performance feedback through regular one-on-one meetings
- Conduct formal performance reviews for staff as per the schedule defined by Human Resources
- Develop training plans to address business needs and support ongoing growth of staff
- Actively participate in the recruitment process to grow the Engineering organization
- Manage onboarding of new software developers and interns to accelerate contribution
- Maintain visibility into team health, skills, and knowledge depth, addressing gaps where needed
- Design and develop software applications from business and technical specifications
- Develop and execute unit, component, and integration level tests to verify requirements are met
- Ensure adherence to coding standards and test coverage targets to maintain product quality
- Investigate and resolve technical issues and delivery risks for assigned projects
- Collaborate with architects and stakeholders on solution design and technical direction
- Contribute to the creation of technical and end user product documentation
Skills
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Proven technical team leadership abilities including on and offshore multidisciplinary teams
- Experience working with a variety of software development languages
- Experience with service-oriented architecture and design principles
- Experience with relational and non-relational database design
- Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization
- Exceptionally self-motivated, accountable, and detail-oriented
- Superior analytical and problem-solving skills
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
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