Lead Full Stack Developer

If you are a person who embraces the challenge of leading an agile technology team delivering an application built with cloud-native technology, who is impassioned by the flexibility to experiment with and build innovative solutions to complex business problems, and who wants to work on a small team committed to using modern software development and operational practices, then The Rockport Group is the place for you.
Position Summary
We are seeking a lead software engineer to join our team to help us enhance and support our industry-leading financial analytics and data management platform. You will join a New York City-based team of passionate, end user-focused technologists to practice your craft and develop new skills as we evolve our platform to keep in lockstep with the needs of one of the largest participants in the nation's mortgage finance system.
About Us
At the Rockport Group, we enjoy collaborating to solve challenging data management needs using the latest cloud computing technologies. We give each other the autonomy to make decisions and the space to learn from both our mistakes and our successes. We hire highly skilled professionals, then cultivate their passion for learning by creating an environment that both inspires and challenges team members. At The Rockport Group, we believe your potential is one of your strongest assets.
Responsibilities

• Spearhead the technical delivery of a mission-critical financial application
• Spend time thinking about and writing code. This will be a combination of new code, code refactoring, and automation code. The code will be high-quality, clean, testable code (we like the SOLID principles) that is evolvable, organized, and easily supported
• Actively participate in cross-functional (DevOps) meetings and bring new ideas for continuous improvement to the team
• Work closely with our Cloud Operations team to communicate cloud infrastructure needs and to support the code that you write once it is in production
• Assist with improvements to our continuous integration / continuous delivery capabilities
• Participate in the agile ceremonies that are at the core of our SDLC (Standups, grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives)
• Contribute to the design and build of our systems
• Experiment with (spike) new technologies and help determine how best to apply them to solve the business problems we face
• Operate with limited direction while effectively communicating progress or roadblocks and seeking clarification and assistance when needed
• Subscribe to our standards and values

Aptitude

• A strong leader who is comfortable directing a team of capable technologists and keeping key stakeholders apprised of delivery status and delivery risks
• A "can-do" attitude, comfortable rolling-up sleeves to get the work done, and meet deadlines
• Apply prior professional experience to new contexts to deliver solutions to complex problems
• A deep intellectual curiosity with the ability to fill knowledge gaps
• An appreciation of amazing co-workers. Rockport feels more like a family than an employer

Requirements

• Expert in building and supporting mission-critical applications on the Microsoft stack (C#, .NET Core / WebAPI)
• Experience working on a distributed architecture built using cloud-native services (AWS, Azure, Google, etc.)
• Embraces SOLID and other clean coding principles including writing testable code and unit tests
• Working knowledge of one major JavaScript SPA Framework (React, Angular, Vue) backed by REST-based APIs
• Deep understanding of database design, tuning, and querying (including via ORM) in a major relational database engine.
• Involvement delivering software via an SDLC based on CI/CD and DevOps practices

• Bonus points
  • NoSQL database experience
  • Container technologies (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes, etc.)
  • Financial Services industry, preferably CRE

About the Perks
We offer a competitive salary and benefits suite including Medical/Dental/Vision, 401(k) matching, flexible work options, a generous time-off policy, career development, peer recognition, and other fun perks. For a full list please refer to the Benefits @ The Rockport Group section of our careers page.
Interested in the position and think you are a good fit? Please apply. We look forward to talking with you.
The Rockport Group is a Commercial Real Estate lending management Software as a Service (SaaS) system that allows for complete organization and analysis of clients' internal information related to CRE lending: analytic tools, a centralized information repository for deal documents, ad hoc reporting, excel integrations, asset-specific chart of accounts, full disaster recovery/security protocols, user-defined fields for custom integrations into a client's workflow and a full audit trail for every field in the system for compliance concerns. https://www.therockportgroup.com/
The Rockport Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Refer to our careers page for more details.
Note: Must be United-States-based, preferably eastern/central time zone. Currently, this position is remote, flexible for remote or hybrid in the future. This posting is intended for individual applicants only. Search firms and agencies should reach out to us separately.