Lead Software Developer
Do you have at least 4 - 6 years of professional programming experience?
If yes, read on . . .
McClatchy, a national leader in digital media, is growing rapidly in the digital space and delivering award-winning journalism in innovative ways. We are experiencing the most transformative period in our history.
Learn a little bit about us: This is McClatchy
McClatchy IT creates, deploys, and maintains software that powers over seventy periodical Web sites, including miamiherald.com, charlotteobserver.com, and newsobserver.com (Raleigh, NC). All of the Web sites are hosted and monitored in enterprise-class data centers.
Additionally, McClatchy, IT supports all of the Web sites with hands-on technical training, consulting services, and 24/7 customer service.
Job Summary
A lead software developer at McClatchy designs solutions creates proof of concepts, mentors developers, performs code reviews and explores new technologies that would fit into our existing enterprise architecture.
Lead Developers work closely with colleagues, one or more multidisciplinary Agile teams, the department head, product owners, and others to define deliverables, divide and conquer assignments, design solutions, and write code.
The ideal candidate for the position is an expert in one or more of the following: Go, Rust, Ruby on Rails; C++; Object-oriented PHP; MySQL; Node.js. The ideal candidate has at least four-six years in Service or Web development, and at least two years in an area of specialization.
Major Responsibilities/Activities
- Structured design and development in a service-oriented architecture
- Web interface development in (template-driven) HTML and JavaScript
- Design and development of unit test modules
- Peer code reviews
- Creation of documentation for both developer and end-user consumption
- Providing training to other developers and customer service personnel
- After-hours availability for emergency issues.
Qualifications
Education: Preferred
- Bachelor's degree or advanced degree in computer science, electrical or computer engineering, physics, or mathematics is preferred but not required
Experience: Required
- Four-six years of professional programming experience
- At least two years in any of the aforementioned areas of expertise
- Experience leading a multi-disciplinary agile team
- Enterprise-scale software development
- Experience with a revision control system (e. g. GIT, Subversion)
Special Skills/Licenses/Certifications: Required
- Modern software design patterns; development in a team environment
- Proficient in HTML & JavaScript
- Solid knowledge of Unix or Linux, the command-line, scripting, configuration and administration
- Customer service skills
Special Skills/Licenses/Certifications: Desired
- Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
- REST API structure and usage
- Test-driven development, unit tests, test automation
- Web Services in a Service-Oriented Architecture
- Data caching (Varnish, Memcached, etc.)