Senior Software Developer

• 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."

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