Lead Software Engineer, API and Backend

Crate & Barrel is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Software Engineer to drive the delivery of complex and impactful software solutions. In this pivotal role, you will provide technical leadership and mentor the engineering team while ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and maintainable software in alignment with product goals.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strong technical leadership and guidance to the software engineering team, setting the technical vision and ensuring alignment with product goals
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of complex software solutions, taking ownership of technical deliverables from conception to launch, within an iterative development process
• Actively participate in and champion team ceremonies contributing to the successful delivery of sprint goals and continuous process improvement
• Collaborate effectively with product managers and other stakeholders to define requirements, provide technical insights, author user and technical stories, and ensure seamless integration of solutions, leveraging your comprehensive understanding of systems, tools, and applications in your product
• Establish and enforce agile software development best practices, coding standards, and architectural patterns to ensure code quality, maintainability, and scalability
• Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, fostering their technical growth, providing constructive feedback, and promoting a collaborative team environment
• Tackle complex technical challenges, troubleshoot issues, and provide innovative solutions
• Participate in and drive technical design discussions, contributing to the overall system architecture and ensuring its robustness and scalability
• Conduct thorough and constructive code reviews to ensure code quality and knowledge sharing within the team
• Establishes and champions high standards for knowledge management within the team, ensuring clear, comprehensive, and easily accessible documentation for all developed features and solutions, significantly enhancing team efficiency and codebase maintainability
• Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement and innovation within the engineering processes and technology stack
• Identify and mitigate technical risks, ensuring the timely and successful delivery of features and solutions

Requirements:

• Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to set technical vision and guide a team
• Deep understanding of agile software development methodologies and the software development lifecycle
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills
• Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide other engineers
• Solid understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and system scalability
• Proficiency in designing and developing scalable and maintainable software solutions in an iterative way
• Proficiency in API and microservice design patterns and best practices including API security, messaging patterns (REST, GraphQL, gRPC), response designs, throttling, rate limiting, observability, testing, and documentation
• Knowledge of agile software development best practices, coding standards, and testing methodologies
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and related technologies
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• Proven experience leading the delivery of complex software solutions in an agile environment
• 1+ years of demonstrated experience in leading and coaching Sr. and Jr. developers in a team setting, managing tasks, prioritizing, and delivering software products or solutions to meet deadlines with quality
• Strong proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages (.NET and C#)
• Experience with testing frameworks and methodologies