Team Lead, Software Engineering

Harvest Group is an integrated commerce agency. The Team Lead, Software Engineering role leads a software development team and delivers sustainable enterprise applications, combining hands-on development and technical guidance with team development and collaboration across business and technology stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional software development team, overseeing project delivery, technical execution, and professional development of team members
• Serve as technical lead on assigned projects, providing hands-on development support and architectural guidance alongside the team
• Contribute directly to the design, development, and enhancement of new and existing software applications, ensuring solutions are aligned with business goals and enterprise architecture standards
• Partner with Product Owners, business stakeholders, and other technology leaders to translate business needs into technical solutions and drive initiatives forward
• Uphold and evolve Harvest’s architectural standards, participating in system design discussions and ensuring adherence to best practices around scalability, security, and maintainability
• Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, and retrospectives, ensuring predictable delivery and continuous improvement
• Manage team performance through goal setting, regular feedback, coaching, and career development planning
• Mentor developers by providing guidance on technical challenges, code quality, and best practices, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration
• Participate in and facilitate code reviews, promoting high engineering standards, knowledge sharing, and constructive feedback
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues, balancing short-term fixes with long-term maintainable solutions
• Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams to support deployment, monitoring, and operational stability of applications
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and improvement opportunities related to delivery, process, or technology

Skills

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development, with a strong track record of solving complex business problems
• 2+ years of experience managing or leading software developers, including performance management and mentoring
• Senior-level proficiency in C#, .NET, or related technologies, with the ability to design and implement production-ready solutions
• Strong front-end development experience using JavaScript, React, HTML, and CSS, or similar modern web technologies
• Demonstrated understanding of software design principles, data structures, and common architectural and design patterns
• Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environments, including collaboration with product and business partners
• Experience with DevOps practices, including source control, branching strategies, deployment approaches, and automated testing
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to balance hands-on development responsibilities with leadership and people management duties
• Experience designing or working within cloud-based architectures, preferably Microsoft Azure
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker
• Experience participating in or supporting CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release automation
• Previous experience acting as a technical lead or architect on medium to large-scale projects
• Exposure to performance tuning, application monitoring, or production support in a live environment

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