Job Description:

• Architecture and high-level systems design - provide technical leadership and translate product enhancement use cases and requirements into end-to-end architecture and high-level systems designs. Prepare plans to translate business requirements into well-designed applications while balancing user and business needs, technical competencies, industry developments, and time constraints. 
• People management - recruit, develop and mentor engineering team members to build a highly effective team: 1x1 with direct reports, goals setting and performance appraisals and responsible for talent development.  
• Engineering management - team sprint planning, assignments and managing team-bandwidth/allocations, facilitating cross-team coordination and collaboration when necessary, management of high-level team goals and initiatives.
• Design and development - lead design, development, test, code review, document, deploy and maintain high-quality software, including cloud services, REST interfaces, command-line interfaces, and other client applications. Define and implement best software development practices and drive initiatives across the engineering team to ensure efficient and timely delivery of features.
• Cross-functional engagement - work with other functional partners to contribute to product strategy, and roadmap definition.
• Training - assist the Globus customer-facing staff on disseminating knowledge of Globus products.
• Support - in collaboration with the Globus front line support, professional services, and other members of the product team, provide technical guidance on resolving customer support issues, as needed.
• Counsels decisions on project and infrastructure needs, including the evaluation of server technologies, languages, platforms, and frameworks. Develops timelines and project plans for the team.
• Plans and defines specifications for complex installations, maintenance, and upgrades. Identifies and analyzes performance and capacity issues.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Degree in computer science.

Experience:

• Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years or work experience in a related job discipline and 10+  years of professional software engineering experience.
• Technical leadership experience within an engineering team.
• Experience managing engineering teams.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

• 5+ years in Python, Ruby, NodeJS or similar scripting language.
• Programming experience developing, implementing, debugging, and maintaining applications with Python.
• Experience in Cloud Computing (e.g. AWS).
• Expertise with building large scale distributed applications.
• Experience supporting production deployment with large customer base.
• Experience with SQL databases.
• Experience developing, implementing, debugging and maintaining applications.
• Experience with full design life cycle.
• Experience creating design documents, development specifications,  and other development related documentation.
• Experience in Scrum or similar agile methodology.

Preferred Competencies

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and constant attention to detail.
• Articulate project needs and effectively communicate those to coworkers in a respectful and collaborative manner.
• Work in a collaborative team environment.

Working Conditions

• Occasional travel may be required.
• Remote position option with occasional in-person meeting attendance.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)

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