Lead Engineer (Full Stack) (Cleveland, OH)

• Develop a commanding understanding of our Home Lending Originations technology stack and associated integrations
• Raise our collective engineering IQ and help foster a DevOps mentality within our team
• Work with architects, analysts, software, and test engineers to design and deliver customer features and automation to our technology stack using continuous delivery practices
• Drive technical design and delivery of cross-platform solutions and features leveraging both employee and contract engineers
• Own the improvement and outcomes of all technical aspects of our Home Lending Originations technology stack including performance, stability, supportability, scalability, extensibility, security, and compliance
• Understand the Home Lending Originations business processes and customer experience
• Understand the technology landscape and trends in the Home Lending Originations space and apply to the environment/architecture where applicable
• Must have strong organizational and problem-solving skills with great attention to detail.
• Must have clear and effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Create a supportive and collaborative work environment, where talented employees can thrive
• Monitor and adjust processes to accommodate business needs and promote team strengths
• Keep projects on track and prepare for future projects. Work with other departments to make both strategic and operational decisions
• Assess feasibility, plan, and coordinate timely completion of projects, while improving functionality and stability of the system as a whole.
• Guide business towards accomplishing their goals, while managing expectations based on available resources
• Oversee development of software through the entire product lifecycle in a fluid, fast-paced Agile environment
• Lead discussions to decide on new platforms, microservices, architecture, design patterns, coding conventions, and best practices
• Manage product quality and adhere to regulatory policies by providing appropriate code coverage, test automation, documentation, thoroughness in design and implementation.
• Balance competing priorities to ensure we effectively ship new features while resolving defects and managing technical debt
• Guide the team in using existing frameworks and architecture, including cloud-based infrastructure, vendor API, SaaS, and CI/CD. Adapt these for improved effectiveness, changing business needs, maintainability, and flexibility
• Take technical ownership of projects, in terms of timeliness and quality. Find solutions when no one else on your team can.

• Ability to build trust, inspire others, communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, build consensus, attract top talent, and match employee skills and goals to project objectives
• Strong technical leader as well as an independent, critical, and analytical thinker who can rapidly adapt to changing business and organizational demands
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• Deep knowledge of Java, databases, and web-related servers.
• Knowledge of JavaScript concepts
• Knowledge of Java 1.6+
• Knowledge of Agile, SDLC, and QA processes.

• Experience in large, diverse technology environments
• Home lending originations experience
• Experience with continuous delivery pipelines and devops practices
• PMP or CSM Certification
• ReactJS
• Java 1.8
• Spring MVC
• PostgreSQL Hibernate and other ORMs, Spring Data, and QueryDSL.
• Tomcat, Heroku, and AWS
• FICO Blaze and other Business Decision Servers, OutSystems
• REST and SOAP
• Knowledge of the Agile process and Test-Driven Development
• Integration and Unit Testing Frameworks
• Authorship of independent projects
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science

• Bring an engineering culture to every problem
• A strong understanding of web applications and related architecture, specifically client side MVC and RESTful services.
• A self-starter who delivers high quality work and can adapt to new challenges, either on their own or as part of a team.

• An opportunity to be a part of a great culture, an awesome team, a challenging work environment, and some fun along the way!
• Apply today to learn more and be part of our Growth story.

Department: Scout
This is a full time position