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Job title: Lead Developer Supporting FDE {2 open position}
Work Location: Greenwood Village
Vendor Rate: ####
Minimum years of experience: 10-15 Years
Would you require the candidates to meet you for in person interview? Yes
Is Skype/WebEx interview,OK? Yes for first round but client interview person interview
Is this onsite/remote position: onsite
If onsite, will you be considering relocation candidates: yes

Job Description:
This Lead Developer serves as the technical bridge between our Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)and the offshore development team. The role translates high-level architectural direction and productrequirements into actionable, well-scoped work for offshore delivery, while maintaining code quality,architectural compliance, and alignment with Charter engineering standards.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role, aligned to the Charter Software Engineering Team Leadmodel. Roughly half the time is spent contributing code directly; the rest is spent on technicalownership, delivery coordination, and enabling the offshore team. The lead leads through technicalcontext and influence, not formal management authority.
The core of this role is a strong hands-on technical engineer with real leadership experience. The twothings that matter most are (1) demonstrated technical leadership of a development team and (2)deep backend Python skills (FastAPI/Flask, async, Pydantic, REST API design).
Please provide the TOP skills, and the years of experience that you ll consider:

Backend Development
Python FastAPI, Flask; deep knowledge of async patterns, dependency injection, Pydanticvalidation
Packaging and distribution via internal PyPI (JFrog Artifactory)
Node.js service development, npm ecosystem
Microservice architecture Domain-Driven Design (DDD), bounded contexts, servicedecomposition
Shared library design building and maintaining common packages consumed across services

API Design and Integration
REST API design following Spectrum Business standards (contract-first OpenAPI 3.0+, URL pathversioning, JSON/camelCase, HATEOAS)
API Gateway experience
Three-tier error classification (Protocol, Application, Domain errors)
Async job handling patterns (202 Accepted + polling)
Idempotency key implementation for state-changing operations
API versioning strategy N-1 support, deprecation lifecycle, sunset headers
Service-to-service communication OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials flow, inter-service clientpatterns

Frontend (Working Knowledge)
React functional components, hooks, Redux Toolkit state management
Micro-Frontend (MFE) architecture understanding of Module Federation, remote applicationloading, independently deployed modules on the Galaxy platform
Ability to review frontend code for correctness, security (no secrets in client code), and adherenceto team coding standards (SCSS, relative units, component structure)
Comfortable reading TypeScript and providing meaningful code review feedback
Understanding of ReactJS Reusable Component Library and Design Library patterns

Databases
PostgreSQL schema design, query optimization, Alembic migrations, CDC replication setup
Oracle read/query patterns for legacy system integration
SQL Server cross-platform query compatibility

Infrastructure and CI/CD
GitLab CI/CD pipeline design, multi-environment deployment via branch strategy and job splits
Docker / containerization Dockerfile authoring, image optimization, layer efficiency
Kubernetes (OpenShift/RKE2) pod deployment, service configuration, cert-manager, Reloader,health probes
Linux (RHEL) server administration, troubleshooting
Helm chart management and deployment patterns

Observability and Monitoring
Datadog APM instrumentation, dashboard creation, monitor configuration, structured logging
Distributed tracing correlation ID propagation (X-Correlation-ID), OpenTelemetry spans
Log management structured JSON logging, Flask-Log-Request-ID, ddtrace integration
Kafka-specific monitoring consumer lag alerts, broker health, connector status (applies asevent-driven usage grows; see the Event-Driven Architecture note above)
RED metrics (Request rate, Error rate, Duration) and USE metrics for infrastructure resources

Testing and Quality
Unit testing: pytest (Python), Jest (React) minimum 70% code coverage
Integration testing: 80% integration-point coverage, external dependency mocking
Automated backward compatibility testing for APIs
Consumer-driven contract testing (Pact-style)
Performance baseline documentation and load testing
Event-driven testing testing async workflows, verifying message production/consumption,schema compatibility testing (relevant as event-driven usage grows; see the Event-DrivenArchitecture note above)

Security
OAuth 2.0 / Keycloak integration Client Credentials flow, JWT validation
mTLS for service-to-service communication
Federated authentication (LDAP, Charter Corporate IT)
Secrets management via Kubernetes Secrets (cert-manager pattern) for credential delivery
Kafka security TLS encryption, SASL/SCRAM authentication, topic-level ACLs (relevant as event-driven usage grows; see the Event-Driven Architecture note above)

Any additional information you would like to share about the project specs/nature of work:

Required Soft Skills
Clear written and verbal communication ability to produce documentation that removesambiguity for offshore teams operating asynchronously
Technical leadership without direct authority influence through expertise and clear reasoning
Cross-cultural communication awareness experience working with geographically distributedteams across timezones
Conflict resolution ability to mediate technical disagreements between FDE direction andoffshore implementation realities
Prioritization under pressure comfort triaging competing requests and communicating tradeoffs

Preferred Qualifications
8+ years of professional backend software development experience
3+ years leading or coordinating distributed/offshore development teams
Experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) methodology and C4 architecture documentation
Familiarity with Jira for sprint/backlog management and issue tracking
Experience producing and maintaining technical documentation
Exposure to network automation, telecom/ISP provisioning systems, or enterprise IPAM platforms
Any hands-on Kafka / event-driven experience designing or operating event pipelines, ormigrating systems from synchronous request/response to event-driven patterns is a nice-to-have plus, not a requirement

Project Code: SDIT Nebula Dev amp Support