Senior Software Developer

Company:  Paratext Downloads
Location: Dallas
Closing Date: 31/10/2024
Salary: £100 - £125 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
  • Champion the team, partners, and user community to ensure alignment around overall strategy and direction of the product
  • Discover what users need by conducting user research and unveiling critical insights
  • Create the product’s long-term vision and strategy
  • Align the team around a cohesive product roadmap
  • Design, develop, and deploy software applications, new features, and defect fixes.
  • Design and develop unit tests and perform code reviews
  • Lead creation of targeted promotions: white papers, conference presentations, user videos
  • Work with Director on yearly roadmap, budget, and funding proposals
  • Work with Director and Language Technology Leadership to develop and grow partnerships
  • Provide quarterly reports and requested metrics to Language Technology Leadership
  • Lead performance reviews and goal discussions for your team

Minor Responsibilities

  • Implement and Manage Agile software development methodology
  • Analyze software requirements by consulting with the user community
  • Support user community with developer-level support
  • Write technical reference documentation for the new software
  • Participate in regular project status, planning, partnership, and strategic meetings
  • Report any hardware and software needs to Director
  • Be available to travel to meet with the larger development team at least once per year
  • Be available to travel biennially to the Language Technology Conference
  • Participate in professional conferences and meetings

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • A servant heart attitude
  • Demonstrated leadership skills
  • Demonstrated skills in software development and algorithms
  • Demonstrated passion for understanding and resolving complex user-needs into product priorities
  • Demonstrated appreciation for quality user interface design
  • Good interpersonal skills of communication
  • Good organizational skills
  • The ability to quickly analyze and learn a large existing codebase
  • The ability to make decisions in a timely manner
  • The ability to generate/analyze multiple solutions to a problem
  • The ability to quickly pick up technical concepts
  • The ability to work both with a team and independently, and to multitask effectively

Education and Experience:

Senior Software Developer should have experience in software engineering, a good understanding of the software development lifecycle, and experience leading development teams. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent work experience is preferred, but we care more for a heart and mind that are always learning. 3 to 5 years’ experience leading teams is preferred.

Training and Orientation:

Will complete the initial IT Software Department training program and relevant portions of IT Orientation."

SIL is a global, faith-based nonprofit that works with local communities around the world to develop languagesolutions that expand possibilities for a better life.

Our faith inspires and informs our commitment to expand possibilities for people to thrive. We believe allpeople are created by God and given language as a means for flourishing. Through language, we understand who weare, experience relationships and explore life’s most important questions.

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