23rd January, 2019

Job Title : TECHNICAL LEAD

Join a fast-growing company in Schaumburg, Illinois with a focus on providing cutting edge Technology solutions to Publishing and Media companies as Technical Lead.

This role is for someone that enjoys fast-paced and collaborative environments, tackling interesting technical challenges, and works well on teams. This position requires a professional programming background with experience in a range of technologies with a focus on the Agile methodology.

JOB Responsibilities

• Lead Agile development teams on client projects
• Create application architectures based on project needs
• Maintain awareness of developers’ capabilities and make staffing recommendations for client projects
• Evaluate developer and tester strengths and weaknesses
• Assume responsibility for timely project execution and project work products that exceed customer expectations
• Produce functional specifications and detailed design documents for client projects
• Directly manage developers assigned to projects
• Serve as senior technical resource for client projects
• Support business development in proposal generation activities
• Maintain awareness of industry trends and emergent technologies
• Managing mobile and web application projects
• Candidates will be supporting client requirements along with leading a development team towards project goals as it relates to function, cost, and timing
• Providing technical leadership in directing a cross functional team from concept to launch
• Anticipate bottlenecks and balance the business needs versus technical constraints
• Supporting the architectural design for the projects
• Strongly supporting technical team in terms of application development

JOB Requirements :

Desirable skills and experience for the Technical Lead include a mix of several of the following:

• Bachelors/Masters degree in a related field
• Previous experience as a technical team lead overseeing application design/development
• Experience with full XP, Scrum, and Waterfall projects.
• Experience designing/developing custom solutions using enterprise technology stacks such as NET, JEE, or MEAN.
• Familiarity with RDBMS (SQL Server or Oracle) including experience writing complex SQL queries
• Familiar with operating systems like Windows, Linux
• Experience with aggregate-oriented databases such as MongoDB or Cassandra would be a plus.
• Experience with Web Development including JavaScript, CSS, HTML and associated frameworks such as JQuery, Angular, and LESS/SASS.
• Experience with web services, JSON,XML and REST in particular.
• Working understanding of the UML and Agile Modeling.
• Knowledge of several programming languages, especially Java, C#, Perl, PHP and Python.
• Knowledge of IOS & Android App development.
• Experience with Agile software engineering practices such as Continuous Integration, unit testing, TDD, and refactoring.
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented design methodology and software design patterns.
• Excellent communication and team-building skills
• Willingness to travel, if necessary.

JOB Snapshot

Base Pay : $75,000.00 – $90,000.00 /Year
Employment Type : Full-Time
Job Type : Information Technology
Education : 4 Year Degree
Experience : 10 to greater than 15 years
Manages Others : Not Specified
Industry : Computer Software
Required Travel : Not Specified

Well known for the casual, team-oriented work environment that values initiative and enterprise, we are consistently looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. For a deeper glimpse into Gantec Publishing Solutions, take a look at our website www.gantecpublishing.com Gantec Publishing is an Equal Opportunity Employer