Who is a senior engineering lead?
A senior engineering lead is responsible for overseeing the team of engineers involved in the completion of a project. The duties include hiring and training qualified candidates for the engineering team along with setting project budgets ad timelines for completion and helping their staff run tests or troubleshoot issues with prototypes.
What does a senior engineering lead do?
A senior engineering lead will oversee the team by using their knowledge regarding various industrial trends. They may also coordinate directly in activities and projects that involve software development. They will also be checking the maintenance, testing, quality assurance, production, and operations of the company’s project.
Job brief
We are looking for senior engineering lead to produce and implement various functional software solutions. You will be working with upper management in order to check the software requirements and hence take the lead on operational and technical projects.
You will also be needed to work independently with only little supervision. You should also consist of excellent problem-solving and organizational skills. Having a hands-on experience with software development and agile methodologies will also be a plus point. The development of high-quality software that is in line with customers’ and business goals will be important.
Duties and Responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities of a senior engineering lead can be provided as follows:
- Developing high-quality software design and architecture
- Identification and prioritization in the software development life cycle
- Developing tools and applications by the production of clean and efficient codes
- Automating tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
- Document development phases and monitor systems
- Automation of tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
- Reviewing debugging codes
- Ensure that the software is up-to-date and with the latest technologies
- Collaborating with both internal and external teams in order to fix any issue with the products and hence improve them.
Key requirements
The key requirements of a senior engineering lead can be provided as follows:
- Proven experience as a software engineer or a senior role
- Extensive experience in software development project management and scripting
- In-depth knowledge regarding relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL along with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
- Familiarity with various OS such as Linux, Mac OS, Windows
- Analytical mind with a problem-solving attitude
- Knowledge of selected programming languages such as Python, C++ along with Java/ J2EE platform
- Bachelor in computer science or related degree
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to solve problems along with an analytical mindset
