Tech Lead - PHP/Angular or React

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Primary Job Duties & Responsibilities
● Collaborate with the product owners, architects and technical leads from other
disciplines to come up with end to end solutions to meet the assigned business
requirements
● Provide rough order of magnitude estimates before the technical designs are completed
and detailed estimates after the technical designs are completed
● Document detail design at an appropriate level so that it can be handed off to team
members
● Manage the work of developer resources, mentoring and coaching as needed
● Provide programming direction to a team of developers
● Perform technical walkthroughs, code reviews and test plan reviews
● Establish expectations with project members and provide timely feedback
● Collaborate with others in determining the impact of infrastructure upgrades
Education, Work Experience & Knowledge
● Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred
● Experience as a technical lead
● 7 years of programming/development experience preferred
● 5 + years experience in analysis & design
● 5 + years experience with PHP, MYSQL, ReactJS, Angular, Mongo, and Web services
knowledge
● Multi-tier architecture knowledge
● Agile Experience
● Document management
● Excellent written and verbal communication skills
● Excellent self-management skills (task lists, status reports, prioritization)
● Commitment to quality and timely deliverables
● Solid estimating skills
● Solid organization skills (able to multitask)
● Desire to understand the business
● Clustered server architecture knowledge is a plus
● Passion for collaborating and leading others

Job Specific & Technical Skills & Competencies
● Technical Knowledge: Able to expertly assess, design, develop, configure and support
applications, systems solutions, and interfaces for multiple systems to achieve business
and/ or technical requirements. Demonstrates technical mastery for technologies,
applications, systems, frameworks, and/or languages and has the ability to influence
and/or set technical direction or defect resolution. Fully understands business
applications and/or technical system environments in which the system operates.
Demonstrates proficiency in business concepts. Demonstrates expert knowledge of
applications/systems and concepts. Able to evaluate and leverage pre-existing services

and frameworks. Leverages enterprise and industry best practices and standards. Works
to ensure component interactions follow and promote design best practices.
● Communication Skills: Ability to communicate thoughts/designs/ideas in an
unambiguous manner and adjusts communication based on audience. Exhibits active
and effective communication skills with team members - including active listening and
effective written and verbal communication skills. Effectively contributes and
communicates with the immediate team. Able to present complex technical concepts to
audiences of varying size and level.
● Business Knowledge & Partnership: Able to develop and leverage business and/or
vendor partnerships, consult on business priorities, and optimize value through solution
identification aligned with business objectives, goals, and future technology direction.
Able to easily communicate in business terms and describe IT capabilities/concepts in
ways that the business can understand.
● Problem Solving & Decision Making: Able to expertly diagnose root causes, solve
complex problems, and collaborate effectively with business and technical teams. Able
to break a problem down into manageable pieces, evaluate potential risks/alternatives,
and implement effective, timely solutions. Carefully evaluates alternative risks and
solutions before taking action including escalating situations as appropriate.
Demonstrates sound decision making and problem resolution skills. Often consulted by
team members for problem resolution and guidance. Has the ability to reach sound
decisions quickly. Knows where to obtain information needed to make the appropriate
decisions. Optimizes the use of all available resources. Trusted technical advisor.
● Team Orientation: Able to promote, maintain, and enhance partnerships across the
organization to achieve objectives and engage stakeholders. Able to influence project
stakeholders and team members. Practices objectivity and openness to others' views.
Able to recognize and support team priorities.
● Leadership: Able to set and assign technical goals and priorities for self and team
members. Exhibits team leadership. Able to set teams technical direction. Able to
provide feedback and/or coaching regarding technical resources.
● Planning and Project Management: Demonstrates ability to identify critical project tasks
and establish clear priorities while keeping the overall strategy in mind. Able to manage
time and competing priorities. Able to accurately estimate the tasks and resources
needed to complete assigned project work.
● Financial Awareness: Able to accurately assess the financial impact of recommended
designs/solutions. Demonstrates ability to understand relevant costs associated with
assigned project work.