Note From ClientSome one who is Cultural Fit somebody who is hacker participated in hackathonor similar experience gaming background understand to build quickly prototypes government space is plus human centric design hands on exp…tech company exp like google amazon etc…Experience with modern technical skills of Micro services mobile angular react etc ..an An evangelist someone who can be the face and voice of the company mission setting up a software engineer group…functional alignment….as well…will lead software engineeringstaff later ..client engaging ..techno functional role …wants to do coding to a certain extent …5&plus years ..someone exp with new technologies…web Mobile type language…corporate initiatives..Remote - Its a remote complete..DC..Some travel involved if required they also have offices in Austin and FloridaTitleDigital Service Lead Software EngineerLocation Washington DCRate Open RateDuration Fulltime positionVisa US citizen or GC only Client works with government entities cannot sponsorInterview Type 1 - 2 rounds of phone followed by in person following COVID guidelinesTravel Maybe will be reinbursed by clientDescriptionThis is a client facing and C-level executive facing position. Candidate will be working both with government and Commerical agencies. Looking for someone with excellent soft skill speaking and writing. Anyone from the Insurance or Financial sector is a plus.ResponsibilitiesBe part of an inclusive collaborative team that embraces pairing healthy discussions and supports each other in their goalsLead a team of talented managers and engineers who like to ship code and tackle hard engineering problemsMentor and guide the professional and technical development of your team members. Help develop their careers and assign them to projects tailored to their skill levels personalities work styles and professional goalsBuild teams that are collaborative inclusive and respectful of each otherProvide continuous feedback address underperformance and recognize the individual strengths and contributions of your team membersCreate plans for prioritizing technical and resourcing challenges in your organizationMaintain a balance between building sustainable high-impact projects and shipping things quicklyInstill a spirit of continuous improvement in the teams code architecture and processesCollaborate with cross functional teams on new and emerging technologies determining how they will integrate into current and evolving infrastructureUnblock support and effectively communicate cross functionally in order to achieve resultsHelp define the team roadmap and architecture based on technology and business needsLeave the code in a better state than when you found it progressive refactorParticipate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledgeDefine roadmap and architecture based on technology and business needsBuild holistic visibility into SLIs SLOs SLAs dependency graphs past performance of software network and system to ensure that we can continue to scale without increasing operational burden or toilShare your knowledge by giving brown bags tech talks and evangelizing appropriate tech and engineering best practicesBuild infrastructure and drive projects that break things with the aim to improve the robustness of production systemsUse the core Site Reliability Engineering principles of change management monitoring emergency response capacity planning and production readiness reviews to run the platformStep back to observe patterns and develop innovative tools and automation to minimize toil. Use those learnings to drive the best operational practices.Partner with the broader GCIO organization to build a culture of rigorously learning from incidentsUnblock support and effectively communicate across teams to achieve resultsGo home knowing that your work today is meaningfully improving livesQualificationsMust have 5&plus years of software engineering industry experienceAdvanced knowledge of microservices IaC JavaScript CSS and HTMLExperience working with modern JavaScript frameworks like ReactExperience working with NodeJS and Express applicationsExperience working with design systems e.g. Bootstrap Salesforce Lightning GitHub PrimerExperience with unit integration and end-to-end testingExperience working cross-functionally with Product and DesignGood understanding of infrastructure and systems performance