Software Engineer Team Lead (MS Stack)

BDO USA is a leading accounting and advisory firm, and they are seeking a Software Engineer Team Lead to guide the development of custom web applications and oversee project management within the Application Services team. The role involves defining policies, ensuring project deadlines are met, and mentoring team members to support their career development.

Responsibilities:

• Participates in Project Review process
• Collaborates with project management team to ensure all projects are completed within assigned timeframe
• Works with project management team to determine resource hour estimates for new projects
• Ensures that requests for work follow the BDO defined project process
• Prioritizes the development team’s project workload; confirms and allocates resource plans
• Clarifies requirements from business owners
• Facilitates meetings to discuss project requirement meetings, as needed
• Leads the development of custom web applications and third-party integration points
• Acts as the technical lead on larger IT projects
• Escalates critical issues to management and implements strategies for timely resolution
• Provides Level IV support for specific applications as needed
• Researches advanced development topics and new technologies to determine if applicable for implementation
• Builds and maintains policy and standardization for the Application Services team
• Designs operational processes and guides for new technology programs for the Application Support Services team
• Builds and maintains a variety of internally developed and third-party integrated systems documentation
• Devises strategic plan for resolving issues while keeping the firm’s systems operational
• Leads the follow-up from items stemming out of team meetings
• Formulates basic strategies and develops proposals for meeting Application Support Services goals
• Serves as a coach/mentor, supporting the career development and performance of employees
• Monitors and provides performance feedback of employees throughout the performance year with input from key internal clients in regards to projects they are overseeing
• Educates Application Services professionals on responsibilities and provides guidance regarding effective resolution of issues

Requirements:

• High School diploma or GED, required
• Nine (9) or more years of experience with developing web applications utilizing C#, ASP.NET, with design patterns of MVC and/or MVVM, required
• Experience serving in a technical lead role on large IT projects, required
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or Information Systems, preferred
• Nine (9) or more years of experience with developing integration package, stored procedures and database schemas utilizing SQL Server, preferred
• Experience with JavaScript Libraries including TypeScript and Angular, preferred
• Advanced experience with software development methodologies, preferred
• Experience in other development languages, strongly preferred
• Certifications in Microsoft MTA / MCSD / MCPD, preferred
• Experience with the following products, preferred: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Azure Dev Ops or Github, Microsoft SQL Server and/or Azure SQL DB, Microsoft SQL Reporting Services and/or Power BI, Microsoft SQL Integration Services and/or Azure Logic Apps, Microsoft Entity Framework, HTTP Debug Tools