Software Development Engineer - Mentor

Idea Entity, a Microsoft Gold Partner, is looking for a Software Development Engineer - Mentor who will assume a key mentorship role on our team. This role has responsibility for understanding our digital workspace platform that enables organizations to transform their business processes through portals, dashboards, and workflows.

We are looking for candidates who are collaborative team players, with a passion for software development and technology, as well as a results-oriented approach. The ideal candidate is an avid communicator and eager to contribute to the team's success. Each project may represent a new set of challenges that will provide the right candidate exposure to new clients, new business issues, as well as will involve a range of responsibilities.

This role will be operating on a hybrid schedule with two (2) telework days a week out of our office in Peoria, IL.

Your responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deliver high quality software that meets or exceeds the demands for availability, reliability, security, and performance.
• Lead development builds and milestone deliveries for multiple projects.
• Conduct daily sync meetings and manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Mentor and coach Junior Developers.
• Utilize disciplined Software Engineering principles in order to engage and grow Junior Developers.
• Stay on top of industry trends and standards.
• Drive code and design reviews to completion.
• Collaborate with our solution teams, analyze their requirements, prioritize and drive features to closure with high quality.
• Be a collaborative team player to define, design, develop, test, deploy, and support software.
• Active communication across the team.
• Bring creative and innovative thinking to your work.
• Maintain code integrity and organization.

Requirements

• Five (5) years software development experience in full product cycle: design, development, release, maintenance, and project management.
• Strong understanding of disciplined Software Engineering and Agile principles.
• Prior experience with Agile project management techniques.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Hands on experience in managing software development teams.
• In depth experience in building on web technologies and frameworks (React/JavaScript/TypeScript/HTML/CSS/jQuery/REST API).
• Experience with designing and implementing large systems and databases.
• Prior experience with code versioning tools such as Azure DevOps and GIT.
• Hands on experience with conducting design reviews and code reviews.
• Understanding and implementation of security and data protection.

Education:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related engineering discipline.

Nice to have:

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or related engineering discipline.
• Experience with mobile applications development.
• Experience with progressive web apps.
• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed.
• MCTS or MCPD certifications.
• Prior DoD experience.

Benefits

• Competitive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)/Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Retirement Plan (401K, IRA) with employer match
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick and Federal Holidays)
• Paid Training & Development opportunities
• Hybrid work environment

The target pay range for this role is $70,000 to $90,000; based on experience.

At Idea Entity, our culture is centered around diversity and inclusion where our employees are valued and empowered. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.