Lead, Software Engineer

CivicPlus is a company focused on innovation and collaboration to impact local governments and their residents. They are seeking a Lead Software Engineer responsible for setting technical direction, guiding software design and implementation, and mentoring a new team for their PDF Accessibility product.

Responsibilities:

• Abstract requirements to analyze and design innovative new software solutions for enhancement of the company’s products
• Responsible for the performance of employees on their team and provides status reports
• Provide technology leadership and mentoring to the team
• Reviews and evaluates the team’s output to ensure that all work adheres to standards and best practices while maintaining a high degree of quality
• Develop code using the company’s best practices and current software patterns
• Read, understand, debug code to find and solve current software problems and resolve defects
• Ensuring code remains compliant with the company’s security, privacy, and open source usage standards
• Understand the team’s deployment pipelines and processes
• Leverage the team’s capabilities to maximize effectiveness
• Understand the high-level architecture employed by the team and cross-product interactions
• Test and own software solutions appropriately throughout their lifecycle
• Actively participate as a full member of an Agile development team
• Deliver unit-tested solutions
• Evident interest in keeping up to date with technology landscape and best practices
• Responsible for completing employee performance reviews and development plans
• May be asked to perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Responsible for setting technical direction while remaining deeply engaged in hands-on delivery
• Guide the design and implementation of scalable, reliable software systems
• Partner closely with product and engineering leadership to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Ensure engineering best practices are consistently applied
• Combine technical leadership, mentorship, and execution
• Balance long-term architectural thinking with day-to-day delivery
• Help teams ship high-quality software efficiently and sustainably
• Abstract requirements to analyze and design innovative new software solutions for enhancement of the company's products
• Responsible for the performance of employees on their team and provides status reports
• Provide technology leadership and mentoring to the team
• Review and evaluate the team's output to ensure that all work adheres to standards and best practices while maintaining a high degree of quality
• Develop code using the company's best practices and current software patterns
• Read, understand, debug code to find and solve current software problems and resolve defects
• Ensure code remains compliant with the company's security, privacy, and open source usage standards
• Understand the team's deployment pipelines and processes
• Leverage the team's capabilities to maximize effectiveness
• Understand the high-level architecture employed by the team and cross-product interactions
• Test and own software solutions appropriately throughout their lifecycle
• Actively participate as a full member of an Agile development team
• Deliver unit-tested solutions
• Evident interest in keeping up to date with technology landscape and best practices
• Responsible for completing employee performance reviews and development plans
• May be asked to perform other duties as assigned
• Proficient with Claude Code
• Understanding of Anthropic & OpenAI models
• Proficient with PHP, MySQL, Laravel
• Proficient with JavaScript
• Understanding of SOLID design principles
• Experience of unit tests and testable code
• Familiarity with AWS
• Highly effective communication skills
• Proficient with source code control tools and techniques
• 6yrs experience as a Senior Developer or Lead
• Professional experience developing highly scalable API's and integrations
• Solid understanding of Web application architecture and operations
• Experience with Agile development processes