Web Development Team Lead

Job Responsibilities

• Manage a team of developers to deliver various projects including client implementations, module development, support tasks and updates to the product core
• Perform team leadership tasks including mentoring developers, performing code reviews, and facilitating collaboration between team members but also spend a portion of your time hands-on coding
• Support the improvement of our development processes and tools to optimize delivery of our truWeb product as well as evaluate, identify and estimate the best technical solutions for our clients
• Work closely with the Product Owner, SCRUM Master, UX/UI and Business Analyst to develop detailed specification documents, with clear project deliverables and timelines
• Work with the Client Success team to build an efficient and profitable model for managing and delivering maintenance and support tickets
• Work with the Lead Generation team to learn and manage the implementation optimizations and updates related to SEO, digital advertising and analytics tracking
• Support the UX process by reviewing and making technology recommendations that consider the user experience, client business objectives and accessibility best practices
• Work closely with the Product Owner to analyze truWeb product processes and performance metrics and continually improve the security, accessibility, and performance of the platform
• Communicate with the SCRUM Master with efficiency and accuracy about project progress and potential delays. Engage in outside-the-box thinking to provide a high-value service to our clients
• Alert colleagues to emerging technologies, applications, and opportunities to integrate them into existing operations and activities
• Actively grow our network of developers to attract the best new talent to the team
• Perform 1-on-1 meetings, performance reviews and hiring interviews

Job Requirements

Job Qualifications

• 5+ years of website development experience
• 2+ years of team leadership experience in a distributed environment
• Computer Science degree, or significant equivalent experience
• Proven experience delivering enterprise level projects based on CMS platforms including WordPress, Drupal and Laravel
• Past leadership and mentoring of developers of all skill levels and encouraging their growth and success
• Demonstrated success in implementing tools, standards and processes to increase productivity and automate repetitive tasks
• Previous participation in requirements gathering, client meetings and providing updates to stakeholders
• Experience iteratively improving a version managed software core while managing implementations, support and maintenance
• Experience developing user-friendly, responsive and appealing websites following modern development standards and workflows
• Expertise in rendering page designs (Photoshop, Sketch, Figma or InVision) into responsive web pages (HTML5, Bootstrap 4, PHP, CSS3, and JavaScript)
• Strong knowledge of build tools (npm, Gulp or Grunt), version control (Git), Docker, Sass and performance optimizations using tools such as Lighthouse and WebPageTest
• Understanding of semantic markup and experience with accessibility standards such as WCAG and ADA
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies
• Experience working within Atlassian products such as Jira and Confluence

Values & Competencies

• Critical thinker with strong attention to details
• Flexible and adaptable with proven problem-solving ability
• Positive attitude and high degree of professionalism and integrity
• Strong English written and verbal communication and collaboration skills
• Demonstrate accountability and reliability in the quality and timeliness of work
• Ability to build and lead a high performance team by living up to and encouraging our core values of being Innovative, Connected, Exceptional and Empowered.