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As the global leader in loading dock and door equipment, we design and deliver solutions that keep our customers safe, secure, and productive. Here, you’ll find innovation, stability, and the chance to grow your career as part of a team that’s always looking ahead.\nTechnical Leadership and Modernization\nLead technical direction for a critical application area through hands-on design and implementation.\nAssess legacy systems, identify technical debt and risk, and define pragmatic modernization plans (stabilize, refactor, re-platform, or rebuild based on value).\nDrive incremental improvements to legacy systems while introducing scalable, cloud-native approaches and consistent patterns.\nEstablish and reinforce architectural patterns, coding standards, and design principles that improve maintainability and consistency.\nSystem Design and Engineering Practices\nDesign scalable, maintainable systems and APIs; define clear boundaries and integration patterns.\nRaise engineering discipline: code review quality, testing strategy, dependency management, and upgrade practices.\nEnsure systems are built for operability (resiliency, error handling, observability, configuration, secrets management).\nDelivery, Reliability, and Operations\nPartner with DevOps/platform teams to improve CI/CD reliability, release processes, and environment consistency.\nLead troubleshooting of complex production issues; drive root cause analysis and corrective actions.\nDefine and monitor service health signals (logs/metrics/alerts) and improve runtime reliability.\nAI-Enabled Engineering\nPromote effective use of AI-assisted tools across design, coding, testing, troubleshooting, and documentation.\nDefine guardrails for responsible AI use (security, confidentiality, human review, code quality).\nValidate AI-assisted outputs for correctness, security, performance, and maintainability before adoption.\nCollaboration, Influence & Mentorship\nPartner with product management to align technical decisions with business priorities and delivery constraints.\nCommunicate tradeoffs and risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nMentor engineers on system design, production-ready engineering, and strong team communication.\nInfluence across teams without formal authority; facilitate alignment when priorities or opinions differ.\nSupervisory Responsibilities\nNo direct reports. Serves as the technical leader for a software engineering team and drives technical direction, engineering practices, and high-quality delivery.\nQualifications\nEducation and Experience\n7+ years of software engineering experience delivering production systems.\nDemonstrated experience working with legacy systems (stabilization, refactoring, modernization, migration).\nStrong system design skills (APIs, modular design/service boundaries, resiliency patterns).\nFamiliarity with CI/CD, automated testing, and observability practices.\nStrong debugging/problem-solving skills in complex systems.\nExperience using AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly (validation and security awareness).\nStrong collaboration, facilitation, and stakeholder communication skills.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with cloud-native architectures (GCP preferred) and distributed systems.\nExperience with event-driven systems/messaging.\nFamiliarity with Docker/Kubernetes.\nExperience defining engineering standards and mentoring engineers.\nWhat We Offer\nAt Rite-Hite, we take care of our people - because when you’re supported, you can do your best work. Our benefits are designed to support your health, your future and your life outside of work:\nHealth & Well-being:Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus life and disability insurance. A robust well-being program with an opportunity to receive an extra day off and more.\n\nFinancial Security:A strong retirement savings program with 401(k), company match, and profit sharing.\n\nTime for You:Paid holidays, vacation time, and personal/sick days each year.\n\nJoin us and build a career where you’re supported - at work and beyond.\nRite-Hite is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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