[Hiring] Lead Engineer, Application Development @GXO Logistics

Role Description

Oversee the analysis, programming, and configuration of Information Technology Systems Software by providing thought leadership, architectural expertise, and designing high-quality interfaces for our innovative Angular applications.

• Lead the architectural design and development of Angular applications, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and translate business needs into efficient and effective technical solutions.
• Provide thoughtful leadership and technical guidance to drive innovation and improvements in application design and development.
• Research business problems, propose software solutions and mentor junior programmers in the department.
• Provide estimates and create functional specifications and detailed design specifications for programs to be developed.
• Convert system designs and technical specifications into program code for complex applications.
• Champion the use of light-weight architectures, modern web standards, and best practices to optimize application performance and reduce load times.
• Debug and troubleshoot existing program codes and correct errors as required.
• Provide Level-2 support to resolve systems-related issues.
• Oversee software releases to production in a controlled, methodical manner and verify systems are stable after patching.
• Participate as a high-level technical expert in design development, coding, testing, and debugging new software or significant enhancements to existing software for third-party customers.
• Work with technical staff to understand problems with software and develop specifications to resolve them.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (willing to accept foreign educational equivalent).
• 4 years of experience in the job offered or in a Lead Engineer, Application Development (Java)-related occupation.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in architecting and developing large scale, distributed, and web-based applications using Python FastAPI, Angular, and React.js, deployed across multiple geographic regions using Google Cloud Infrastructure.
• Design component-based, object-oriented systems leveraging internet technologies, client/server architectures, relational databases, structured development practices, test methodologies, and data warehousing principles.
• Build flexible, component-driven UI libraries and modern web interfaces using JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular 20.x, and React.js.
• Develop secure, production-ready APIs using Java 12+, Python FastAPI, and Spring Framework (Boot) with minimal configuration friction.
• Leverage UNIX shell command knowledge to interact with Git repositories, build tools, and CI/CD pipelines, and manage containers using Docker.
• Install and manage system packages using yum, apt, and brew, and prepare runtime environments for application deployment.
• Hands-on experience with PL/SQL to design, optimize, and automate data workflows supporting enterprise scale, cloud-hosted applications.
• Strong knowledge of GCP CI/CD to design, build, automate, and operate end-to-end cloud native delivery pipelines.
• Familiarity with Jira and Agile methodologies to effectively plan, track, and deliver high quality, iterative software solutions.

Company Description

Apply at https://jobs.gxo.com/job/

Indicate Req. 391558 when applying