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National Heritage Academies · 1 month ago

Software Engineer Team Lead

3850 Broadmoor Ave SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49512, US

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

7+ years exp

National Heritage Academies (NHA) is seeking an IT Software Engineer Team Lead to guide the technical direction and engineering work for their proprietary student information system. The role involves leading a team of engineers, supporting their growth, and driving delivery on complex features across NHA’s technology stack.

Education Management

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead a team of 2–3 software engineers, including regular one-on-ones, coaching, goal setting, and performance input

Provide technical and professional mentorship to help engineers grow in their careers

Create a healthy team culture built on trust, accountability, and steady delivery

Help shape hiring decisions by interviewing candidates and supporting onboarding

Represent the team in planning discussions, helping set realistic expectations and commitments

Guide architectural direction and design choices across team-owned services, APIs, and UI components

Set coding standards, review pull requests, and ensure high-quality engineering practices across the team

Partner with other leads and architects to keep systems aligned with long-term architectural goals

Drive improvements in reliability, performance, security, and maintainability

Lead technical discovery and help break down large or ambiguous work into actionable, estimable pieces

Own the team’s delivery outcomes, ensuring work is planned well, dependencies are managed, and commitments are met

Partner closely with product owners, QA, UX, infrastructure, and security to plan work, manage priorities, and deliver complete solutions

Evaluate and improve team processes, workflows, and engineering practices to help the team operate effectively

Provide clear input for performance evaluations and support professional development for your direct reports

Qualification

.NET 6/7+JavaScript frameworksEnterprise ArchitectureAgile methodologiesHTML/CSSService Based ArchitecturesIdentity frameworksObject Relational MappingWeb services developmentClient Development ToolsGitAzure DevOpsContainerizationMonitoring toolsMultitaskingCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or equivalent

7+ years of .NET development experience

7+ years of Javascript development experience (preferably a Javascript framework)

7+ years of HTML/CSS (or related preprocessor) development experience

Experience working on long-running projects with medium to large project teams

Agile-based software development team experience using SAFE Agile, SCRUM, or similar methodologies

Extensive experience working with Enterprise Systems

Excellent knowledge of Service Based Architectures & Related Technologies (WebAPI, REST, oData, Claims Authorization, etc.)

Experience with identity frameworks and protocols (e.g. OpenID Connect, Azure AD, Identity Server)

Experience with Object Relational Mapping Tools (Entity Framework, nHibernate, etc.)

Experience developing web services for enterprise applications (SOAP, REST, XML & JSON)

Experience with Client Development Tools (Angular, AngularJS for legacy support, Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, SignalR, etc.)

Strong knowledge of Git and Azure DevOps Pipelines

Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Swarm/Kubernetes)

Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as Elastic APM or similar

Excellent multitasking and prioritization abilities

Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical people

Company

National Heritage Academies

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National Heritage Academies partners with local school boards to build and manage no-cost public charter schools.

Founded in 1995

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.nhaschools.com

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