Lead Principal Software Engineer

Company: Government Jobs
Location: Olympia
Posted on: June 9, 2021

Job Description:

DescriptionScreening will begin immediately and this recruitment is open until filled.The Legislative Service Center, also known as LEG-TECH (pronounced 'LEDGE-TECK') is the non-partisan technology solutions provider for the Washington State Legislature. We are a team of highly competent technology professionals committed to consistently meeting or exceeding customer and team expectations with innovative products and services. Our team is passionate about technology and aims to provide a world-class IT customer service experience. Whether it takes the form of back-end infrastructure services, hardware and software troubleshooting, application development, supporting our hybrid cloud / on-premise environment, direct front-line customer support, help desk or training, we support a connected Legislature.LEG-TECH is seeking a motivated, talented, innovative, and highly experienced full-stack software engineer to lead our agile software team in delivering and supporting the Legislature's suite of mission critical, custom-developed applications. In the Lead principal role, you will work with our development team to ensure that we are delivering high quality customer-centric, leading-edge technology solutions that span the business processes of the legislative agencies. You will provide direction and lead the team in successfully adopting new technologies and maturing software development practices. At LEG-TECH, we embrace a culture that encourages innovation, accountability, collaboration, and a growth mindset. We encourage all team members to be forward-looking technical leaders in all facets of software engineering including architecture, technology frameworks, usability, testing and DevOps. LEG-TECH offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, flexible work schedules, and colleagues who truly enjoy what they do. Currently, LEG-TECH is working 100% remotely.To find out more about LEG-TECH please visit our website.DutiesSome of the Things You Will Enjoy Doing in this RoleLeveraging your skills and talents to influence and lead initiatives that innovate the applications and shared services that enable our customers to do the work of the Legislature and give the public the information they need to interact with the Legislature.Leading the agency's team of dedicated software engineering professionals who care about their work and exceeding customer expectations.Working with Agile Scrum teams to design and develop innovative, intuitive, well-tested solutions critical to the success of the legislative agencies. Learning about business processes and portfolio of applications as we partner with each other to ensure technical excellence in our practices, define our reference architectures, and build out our application technology roadmap.Taking on leadership opportunities across all phases of the SDLC as we advance our practices, patterns, tools, and technologies, whether it be planning, story development, architecture, design, frameworks, DevOps, or testing.Working in collaboration with our infrastructure team partners from architecture and design through deployment and support to deliver solid technical solutions for our legislative partners throughout the agency. Applying your creativity, solid communication skills, collaborative approach and customer-focused perspective while interacting with team members and a diverse set of customers in everything from UX design to story development to participating in agile rituals and application design conversations.Using your technical experience, curiosity, and critical-thinking skills to work with the team to analyze, troubleshoot and resolve production issues. Working in an environment where customer and team satisfaction is a priority. You will be an expert and collaborative consultant trusted to deliver secure, responsive, reliable, and intuitive systems to our customers. You will be an excellent team member contributing to a pleasant and healthy work environment and culture where we value respect, accountability, integrity, and transparency.You will be expected to participate in assessing team satisfaction, provide feedback, and offer solutions for continuous improvement of the work environment. Our Ideal CandidateYou are enthusiastic and excited about technology, and willing to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty with the rest of the team. You are customer-driven and genuinely interested in understanding our customers' business domains and problems/opportunities. You have a passion for delivering quality products that deliver business value to our customers.You are fluent in many of the languages of web app development such as ASP, ASPX, C#, Java, JavaScript, IIS, Razor Pages, T-SQL, SQL, JSON, HTML, CSS, and client-side app development such as React, Blazor and JQuery. You are always on the lookout for learning about new languages, tools, and practices to improve your own craft and to share with your colleagues.You understand the value of and have practical experience in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban), planning and estimating, test-driven development, refactoring, unit testing, integration testing, defect management, behavior-driven development, and continuous integration/deployment.You have proven experience delivering solid, well-tested object-oriented code and proven experience designing and implementing patterns to address scalability, performance, security, usability, maintainability, and other relevant "ilities."You understand and can implement layered systems, web, and service architectures. You can design solid RESTful APIs and understand the boundaries between system components.You are flexible, dependable, and accountable, and know how to have fun while getting a lot done. You work well with others and treat them with respect. You use your knowledge and experience to help others succeed and improve our overall outcomes. You're adept at finding opportunities and willing to take on new duties and tasks for the success of the team. You are a strong communicator, capable of professional written and verbal communication. You fluently translate between the languages of business and technology and proactively and appropriately convey the level of communication necessary to report issues and impacts.QualificationsRequiredQualifications10 + years as a full-stack, object-oriented developer with progressive, hands-on professional experience implementing, documenting, and deploying modern web solutions.Bachelor's degree in computer science or allied field. Equivalent experience may substitute, year for year, for the preferred education.DesiredQualificationsProven and/or deep experience in the following:Developing and deploying web applications in the Microsoft environment and technology stack, including .Net, .Net Core, and other iterations of typical Microsoft application development technologies.Building web applications leveraging modern JavaScript frameworks.Designing systems that use transactional databases like TSQL.Testing approaches and frameworks for the full web application stack.Automated testing Cloud application delivery and service integration experience, especially with Azure services.UI/UX design tools and practices - understanding of accessibility design and implementation.Understanding of DevOps/CI/CD and experience building out delivery pipelines.This position may require long hours or weekend work during the legislative session, special session, and/or pre-session preparations.Supplemental InformationInterested persons should submit the following:A letter of interest describing applicable qualifications and experience. A rsum detailing the name(s) of employer(s), length of employment, position titles and scope of responsibilities.Answers to the following questions:Describe your ability to perform in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment. How do you set priorities, use resources, and follow up on commitments? What is the most important aspect or characteristic you would bring to this position? Describe why you believe this is essential to the position. Describe your most challenging professional experience. Explain why and what was done to successfully meet the challenge.Submit paperwork to:Legislative Service Center (LEG-TECH)106 11th Ave. SW, Suite 2400Olympia, WA 98501Attn: Personnel or e-mail to: PROCESSScreening will begin immediately and this recruitment is open until filled. Initial screening will be based solely on the information provided by the terviews will be granted to candidates most closely matching the hiring criteria.LEG-TECH is an equal opportunity employer.Job DetailsSalary$126,000.00 - $136,000.00 AnnuallyLocation Thurston County - Olympia, WAThurston County - Olympia, WAJob TypeExemptDepartmentJoint Legislative Systems CommitteeJob NumberLeg0056Closing date and time7/1/2021 at 5:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada); TijuanaAgency infoAgencyState of WashingtonPhone View Posting for Agency Contact WebsiteAddress View Job Posting for Agency Information View Job Posting for Location, Washington, 98504SDL2017

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