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Job description for Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

HauteLook is seeking a Lead Software Engineer with eCommerce experience for a small, cross functional team. The Lead Software Engineer is focused on implementing the technical road map for their designated team. They own the technical implementation process and ensure that best practices and solid engineering principles are being upheld. Equally important, they have a good attitude and energy that empowers the team.

Responsibilities

  • Write and ship code that has the maximum positive impact for HauteLook members and Hautelook as a business
  • Lead a team of 4-5 engineers to do the same
  • Work with product and project managers to create great products
  • Articulate ideas in ways that are helpful and constructive for other members of the team
  • Research and prototype solutions to difficult problems
  • Continue to improve HauteLook's hypermedia API
  • Help recruit talented developers

Requirements

  • 5+ years of development experience
    • 2+ years of PHP development
    • 3+ years of experience writing code for a website that has at least 1 million active users
  • 1+ years of experience as a technical lead
  • Great communication and problem-solving skills
  • Knows the basics of agile development and its best practices
  • Has successfully built and released a core business application and has learned from failures along the way

Bonus Points

  • Symfony 2 Framework experience
  • Hypermedia API experience
  • Javascript experience
  • Work on one or more interesting open-source projects
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar and/or related experience
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