Software Engineering Technical Lead

O2E Brands is looking for a rockstar SW Engineering Technical Lead to join our growing team in Kansas City! (Overland Park). As a key member of the Product and Technology team, you will be responsible for guiding a cross-functional team to develop greenfield products from scratch. You'll lead architectural design and collaborate closely with product management & UX.

 

🏢 HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT

Our motto "It's All About People" drives us to create a hybrid work model that promotes collaboration, celebration, and connection, while giving you the flexibility to work where it makes sense for you.

• Kansas City based team members will be expected to work in-office one day per week.

 

💼 A DAY IN THE LIFE 

Architectural Solution Support:

• Provide ongoing support for architecture solutions, ensuring alignment with organizational standards and best practices.
• Identify and address technical risks, challenges, and debt, proposing solution options to mitigate them effectively.

Collaboration with Stakeholders:

• Partner with Product Managers and Designers to translate business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements.
• Facilitate discussions to hash out and capture technical requirements while identifying potential risks and dependencies.
• Collaborate with a focus on ensuring customers and partners have great experiences with our software.-Collaborate in an agile team environment and with an agile mobile app development team.

Technical Leadership and Guidance:

• Oversee and guide developers and testers throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring technical progress aligns with project goals and timelines.
• Track technical milestones and deliverables, providing visibility and status updates to stakeholders.
• Offer mentorship and technical expertise to the team.

Solution Design and Implementation:

• Design scalable, efficient, and maintainable technical solutions to meet business needs.
• Ensure code quality and adherence to standards through code reviews and technical oversight.
• Perform hands-on coding when required.

Customer Obsession, Product Oriented and Quality Focused:

• Demonstrated passion for understanding customer and business needs.
• Focus on delivering high-quality products catered toward internal business needs and operations, as well as external customer-facing products and applications.
• A champion of product development with an emphasis on innovation excellence.
• Possess a keen eye for detail and ensuring the highest standards of quality in all aspects.
• Experience fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and always aiming for better customer experiences and innovative products.

 

🎯 WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE 

• Bachelor’s/Postgraduate Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering.
• 10+ years of software development experience. Must include 5+ years in mobile development and 5+ years in a technical leadership capacity.
• Hands-on experience with modern native application frameworks/libraries such as Swift, React Native or other cross-platform frameworks, and frontend technologies such as HTML, CSS and React.
• Expertise in one or more programming languages and frameworks such as JavaScript, NodeJS, NextJS, with a strong understanding of modern frameworks and tools.
• Expertise in database systems such as PostgreSQL or no-SQL solutions such as MongoDB.
• Knowledge of AWS cloud platform and familiarity with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience in creating technical documentation and presenting solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies, adapt to evolving industry trends, challenge status quo and be proactive in developing innovative solutions that help achieve business goals.
• Thorough knowledge of Object-Oriented Programmin