Software Engineering Technical Lead at ENGIE

• Define software engineering strategy and architecture with a strong emphasis on Ruby on Rails as a foundational backend framework, with other leaders, fully responsible for the technical evolution of at least one software product, responsible for the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC) from ideation to deployment.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and Rails ecosystem updates to maintain a competitive edge in software capabilities.
• Actively participate and understand the ROI of engineering efforts, understand the value creation and the priorities to the business.
• Develop and own complex software that optimally uses resources to best meet customer needs.
• Establishing clarity on business objectives for proper modelling
• Represent the technical team or assign someone in stakeholder conversations
• Ensure correct implementation and understanding of business logic
• Effective Incident management and resolution SLA
• Technical debt managementespecially within Rails codebases
• Put efficient development process in place with tools and metrics to stay on top of performance of the team
• Work closely with Product manager for resource planning and proper estimation
• Ensure agile processes and other best practices are properly implemented
• Work with engineering manager to put in place a clear performance management framework
• Architectural evolution and tech debt management of:
• Code quality, compliance, and documentation
• System performance at scale, reliability, observability and high availability
• System security
• Maintain a strong focus on application security, including Rails-specific vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies.
• Contribute to team culture

• At least 7 years of relevant experience, of which 2 are in a technical leadership role, with a strong emphasis on Ruby on Rails for backend development.
• Practical and thorough understanding of the various software development methodologies, their application in different contexts and trade-offs. Able to identify and quickly address process gaps
• Proven track record in making sound architectural decisions, especially in Rails-based systems, balancing scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Experience in resource management, capacity planning and risk management
• Deep and pragmatic knowledge of software architecture patterns, their application context and pitfalls/trad-offs
• Hands-on, senior level competency of full-stack software development using relevant front and backend frameworks
• Entrepreneurial and forward thinking with ability to recognize the impact of technology in business.
• Working knowledge of good practices for computer and data security
• Experience creating and maintaining scalable web/mobile applications in cloud context: distributed task processing, load balancing, containerization, clustering and translating abstract and complex business requirements into software solutions.
• Good experience on high availability, observability and structured logging
• Appreciation for detailed source code documentation and organized code structuring
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment best practices in a Rails environment.
• Excellent knowledge of computer algorithms and solid computer science fundamentals

• Bachelors or Masters in a relevant engineering discipline (Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science preferred) or comparable

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