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Software engineer lead requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in software engineer lead job postings.
Sample software engineer lead requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
  • Proficiency in at least two programming languages.
  • Familiarity with database management systems.
  • Ability to lead a development team.
Sample required software engineer lead soft skills
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Strong problem solving and analytical abilities.
  • Outstanding organizational and time management skills.
  • High attention to detail and accuracy.

Software engineer lead job description example 1

Walgreens software engineer lead job description

This role demonstrates proficiency in all areas of the professional function and advanced in-depth specialization to perform and implement activities that impact components / processes of specified functional areas of the Walgreens Digital/Online application. This role is typically assigned to strategic, complex undertakings. Receives work in the form of short- and mid-term outcomes that regularly require the application of independent judgment and creativity.
Mentors less experienced members of the team. May lead teams / projects.

Job Responsibilities



Plans, designs, develops and tests back-end software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools.
Writes code that establishes and enhances coding specifications, typically for software programs and systems that have little or no precedence.
Delivers software features with exceptional quality, meeting designated release plans and delivery commitments.
Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
Leads the daily work of assigned work group / team. Recommends modifications to the daily operations of the assigned work group / team. Makes needed adjustments to short-term priorities.
Owns a functional area. Breaks large requests down into sub-tasks, gives higher-level status updates. Writes test plans. Takes operational responsibility. Sets measurable goals, and meets them. Reviews code changes.
Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise. Interacts with direct team of accountability, peers and/or managers in other teams. May interact with vendors and/or customers to share information and improve workflow processes.
May design specifications of assigned projects and may lead in implementation.
Demonstrates proficiency in all areas of the professional function and advanced in-depth specialization in some.
Participates in developing technical / business approaches and new or enhanced technical tools. Has proven expertise in software design, architecture and software and system interrelationships. Has expert knowledge of programming languages important to the organization.
Sets software engineering project schedules, defines project parameters and tasks and monitors project tasks. Develops and keeps the "vision" of the project, leading others toward its completion.
Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways.
Owns the development and rollout for an entire product, or large project. Champions process (Scrum, TDD, etc.). Writes tech specs and identifies risks before starting major projects. Sets standards. Goes out of their way to reduce complexity. As needed, takes on additional "tech lead" responsibilities for driving an initiative to completion.
Allocates and tracks the work of individual contributors. Participates in teaching and training members of work group / team.



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Software engineer lead job description example 2

Enterprise Holdings software engineer lead job description

Enterprise Holdings is the world's largest car rental operator and an industry leader in mobility and technology. We're one of the top global travel companies, ranking ahead of many airlines and most cruise lines and hotels. And no matter what transportation challenges our customers face, we have an innovative solution.

We operate the Enterprise Rent-A-Car National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands via more than 9,500 fully staffed neighborhood and airport offices, including franchisee branches, in nearly 100 countries and territories.

Through this robust global network, we operate a fleet of nearly 1.7 million vehicles and provide a comprehensive portfolio of transportation solutions, including car rental, carsharing, vanpooling, car sales, truck rental, vehicle-subscription and affiliated fleet management services. As a total mobility provider, we serve the needs of a wide variety of customers, businesses, government agencies and organizations every day.

At the center of it all, our dedicated IT teams innovate, design and develop the technology that is redefining how customers rent, buy and share vehicles from our family of brands. Here, you will be part of a diverse and talented team that creates and delivers powerful technology solutions for our customers and employees across the world with the resources and support to develop in a variety of career paths.

As an Enterprise employee, we offer an excellent package with market-competitive pay, comprehensive healthcare packages, 401k matching & profit sharing, schedule flexibility, work from home opportunities, paid time off, and organizational growth potential.

This position is open to candidates who wish to work from home (WFH). Employees who choose virtual / remote work should have an adequate space to serve as their home office. #LI-REMOTE
Responsibilities
About the Team: Enterprise continuously strives to modernize our solutions to keep pace with the competitive market and the dynamic needs for data across the company's technology solutions and business functions. Our team is responsible for executing the technology portion of the Data Strategy IT pillar. Over the next 24-36 months, this team will work closely with technology leaders, the Data & Analytics business team and industry partners to implement new solutions for data reporting and analytics, data governance and management, and data engineering. The Cloud Data Engineering team within Data Engineering will oversee the analysis, development, implementation, and performance of our new cloud-based data solutions. This work is reflective of a significant technology inflection point as it reflects moving our data solutions from a back-office function primarily supporting reporting to one in which our data assets are the core representation of the state of our business. This is your opportunity to be a part of the team that will deliver on these strategic imperatives.
About You: As an Engineer 3 in Cloud Data Engineering, you will be a technical lead to a high performing agile team in building out certified data assets and technology solutions. You will join Data Engineering at an exciting time as buildout begins. This role will require you to partner with business leaders, IT Solution Owners, and third-party vendor partners to ensure that our technology solutions meet the demands of business users.
Responsibilities of the role will include: In this role on the Cloud Data Engineering team, you will be a part of a team responsible for migrating existing data platform solutions to the cloud. You will also collaborate with others to develop new APIs and data pipelines. You will use Microsoft Azure Cloud PaaS technologies to engineer our data solutions in a way that allows for us to optimize our information, make better decisions, and meet our customer's needs. If you have a passion for engineering and you are ready to put your career in overdrive this job is for you. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with our business, work with technology partners and be a technical leader on a team working with the hottest technologies in the market today.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans
Qualifications
Required :
Must be presently authorized to work in the U.S. without a requirement for work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future Experience incorporating security best-practices into all decisions and daily job responsibilities Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field Must have 5 or more years professional development experience in one of the following languages: Scala and/or Java 7 above Must have 5 or more years professional experience working with streaming data Must have 5 or more years professional experience working with large datasets and complex data environments, processes, and associated solutions Must have 5 or more years professional experience writing and tuning complex SQL queries, and the ability to analyze and make recommendations on results Must have 5 or more years professional experience in full lifecycle development and end-to-end testing Must have good oral and written communication skills to communicate with various IT teams and business representatives effectively Must be able to both collaborate in a team-oriented environment, and work independently with direction Must have good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, including debugging multi-threaded applications
Preferred:
Experience with API development Experience working with unstructured data Experience building and optimizing big data pipelines, architectures and data sets in Azure and AWS. Experience with Azure, AWS, or other Public Cloud environments Experience with Microsoft Azure platform technologies including: Databricks/Spark applications, Event Hub, Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, Azure Functions (Scala), Cosmos DB, and DevOps
Knowledge and working experience with Agile methodologies
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Software engineer lead job description example 3

AutoZone software engineer lead job description

The Lead User Interface Developer is a specialist in Angular, hybrid mobile, and web technologies, responsible for software design on mobile and web in support of the company's products and technology feature road map. In this role you will collaborate with the Software Engineering Managers, Product Managers and other Developers to define, plan, and carry out software development implementation for customer-facing software.

The successful applicant will be sufficiently experienced with design and architecture to participate in an Architecture Working Group and help represent the interests and initiatives of the User Interface Development Team. In this role you will also review and recommend programming tools and frameworks, identify technical debt, and participate as an active contributor toward solutions that deliver best in class products.

ALLDATA seeks a candidate who is recognized by their peers as an expert in Angular, TypeScript or JavaScript, is familiar with component library construction, single page applications exhibiting responsive design, and performance optimization. This is a position for a proactive thought leader who is driven to excel and lead others by example.

+ Act as a hands-on development Lead with an active role in design, coding, mentoring, training, and cross-training other developers, both Junior and Senior.

+ Design and prototype client systems, proofs of concept, and the core of our latest generation of applications that make up the ALLDATA suite of products.

+ Document and communicate requirements and designs to the development team, third party vendors (as required), and all stakeholders.

+ Share responsibility for maintaining the standards based ALLDATA UI Component Library, extending this vital resource for all of our UI developers.

+ Collaborate closely with API implementors to design services contracts that appropriately and optimally support ALLDATA's products and applications.

+ Interface with stakeholders to carry out long term technology direction, especially acting as a translator of UI/UX designs and intentions into production software.
+ Seek opportunities to optimize the existing code for better user experience.
+ Focus on writing re-usable code/components/services.
Position Requirements
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (Master's Degree preferred)
+ 5-7 years of full-time software development
+ 3-5 years in a Senior or Lead Developer role
+ Full stack experience with multi-tiered systems including knowledge of databases, networks, middleware, and a variety of front-end architectures (MVC, etc.)
+ Experience publishing mobile apps in at least one app store
+ Experience with complete lifecycle of software applications (inception through sunset)
+ Experience with modern REST API based applications
+ Fluency in Angular 2+, Bootstrap, TypeScript or JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS
+ Experience with a range of modern programming languages especially JavaScript and TypeScript and associated tools like Grunt, Bower, Node, and Github.
+ Demonstrated proficiency and expertise with the implementation of modern user interfaces using a single page architecture, applying material design, and achieving responsive design goals that result in adaptive UIs across a range of form factors
Desired Additional Technical Qualifications
+ Xamarin and C#
+ Mongo, Oracle, MySQL, SOLR
+ Solid grasp of networking, routing, proxies, load balancers
+ Experience with CI tools: Jenkins, Artifactory, NuGet
+ Experience with collaboration tools like: JIRA, Confluence
+ Experience with security infrastructure: OAuth2.0, OpenID, IdPs
+ Experience with automotive diagnostics: OBDII, DTCs, PIDs, J1979, J2534
+ Experience working with or developing automotive diagnostic scan tools
AutoZone, and its subsidiary, ALLDATA are equal opportunity employers. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other legally protected categories.
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Updated March 14, 2024

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