[Hiring] Principal Software Engineer – Team Lead @Unanet

Role Description

Our team is growing! We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer - Team Lead to help take our web app and tech stack to the next level. We're looking for an experienced, results-oriented engineer who is no stranger to building well-designed and high-performing applications that support complex business rules and workflows at scale. If you are passionate about designing full stack SaaS software solutions and fostering a culture of technical excellence in a fast-paced Agile environment, this role is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with Product Management to understand business requirements, define success metrics, and shape end-user experience
• Lead and motivate a cross-functional team of engineers to consistently deliver high-quality solutions
• Drive architectural decisions in collaboration with other leads, building scalable, maintainable, and reliable web applications
• Provide hands-on development and mentorship, fostering a collaborative environment for continuous learning and growth
• Enable teams to leverage data effectively to build impactful, customer-facing features
• Actively participate in development efforts, contributing to the design and delivery of high-quality solutions
• Present prototypes, technical concepts, and working solutions to stakeholders for feedback and alignment
• Conduct and promote constructive code reviews to improve code quality and engineering standards
• Uphold best practices through rigorous design and code reviews
• Influence the technical roadmap by driving innovation, improving development processes, and contributing new ideas
• Contribute to hiring efforts to attract and retain top engineering talent
• Refine and flesh out user stories to ensure clarity and effective team execution

Your First 90 Days

• In Your First 30 Days:
  • Build an understanding of our product architecture, standards, and development tools.
  • Get hands on in our current web stack.
  • Collaborate with Product Management to familiarize yourself with the backlog and development priorities.
  • Begin building a healthy working relationship with our Support team.
  • Come up to speed on our Scrum ceremonies and release processes.
• By Day 60:
  • In partnership with Product Management, co-create a backlog of work to systematically add new features.
  • Contribute to backlog refinements.
  • Familiarize yourself with the telemetry tooling needed to diagnose and monitor product issues.
  • Strengthen your understanding of our team’s unique strengths and nuances.
• By Day 90:
  • Help instill the discipline of effectively monitoring and creating work items from our SDLC.
  • Contribute meaningfully to our technical roadmap and scheduled deliveries.
  • Help mentor other engineers in our development frameworks.
  • Play a meaningful role in hiring future team members.
  • Become a subject matter expert on the product components for which your team is primarily responsible.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of full stack development experience
• 3+ years of C# .NET Core experience
• 2+ years of front-end development experience using a modern JavaScript framework (web or mobile)
• Experience with SQL Server, including querying, tuning and performance testing
• Experience with caching services (e.g., ElastiCache/Redis), search services (e.g., OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Azure Search), and familiarity with AWS/Azure/GCP IaaS offerings
• Ability to evaluate risk, prioritize work, and communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working in a disciplined Agile environment
• Bachelor’s in Computer Science

Your Differentiators

• Previous experience as a Team Lead preferred, with experience mentoring engineers and influencing leadership-level decision-making
• Ability to collaborate with team members across time zones in a remote-first work environment
• Catalyst-mindset (i.e., the ability to tangibly see the future and influence team direction)
• Strong interpersonal skills, with ability to adapt communication style and messaging based on audience

How We Define Team Lead

• Leads the Scrum Team (who does what and when) in partnership with Product Management
• Efficiently manages Scrum activities with the support of a Scrum Master
• Contributes to production-deliverables (code) at least 50% of the time

Our Values

• We are a Team. Employees, customers, and partners working together.
• We are Customer-Focused. Customers are the heart of everything we do.
• We are Driven. Seeking exceptional outcomes.
• We Own our Success. Every employee has a stake in our company.
• We do the right thing and have fun in the process.

Salary and Benefits

The salary range for this opportunity is $160,000 - $175,000 per year. You will be eligible for employee equity as well as discretionary bonus compensation, subject to plans that may be in effect from time to time. You will further be eligible to participate in Unanet's employee benefits plans and programs. For more details on Unanet's benefits offerings, please visit Unanet's employee benefits .

Unanet is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered for positions without regard to race, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws.