Lead Engineer, Software Engineering

What you’ll need to succeed as Lead Engineer, Software Engineering (Mobile Development) at XPO

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work or military experience
• 4 years of experience in software development, including creating business applications with relational and non-relational database systems, within a fast-paced software development environment
• 4 years of mobile application development. Android required
• Demonstrated experience in a technical lead role.
• Advanced knowledge of IT software development methodologies and processes in an agile environment (Scrum).
• Full Stack development experience using C#, Xamarin/Maui, and/or React Native
• Experience with SQL and relational databases (Oracle)
• Experience creating and consuming distributed data services (REST APIs, Messaging Buses) and SOA design patterns.
• Experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting feature requirements.
• Experience with multithreaded application design
• Experience working under multiple operating systems like Windows, UNIX (Sun Solaris and Linux), and UNIX Shell scripting.
• Experience with asynchronous messaging frameworks for application integration, Google Firebase preferred.
• Experience in production support activities by monitoring and troubleshooting production issues.
• Experience in source control management using GIT.
• Effective, independent, team player, and self-starter with high adaptability to modern technologies

Preferred qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in software development, including creating business applications with relational and non-relational database systems, within a fast-paced software development environment
• 8+ years of mobile application development
• Transportation and logistics industry experience

About the Lead Engineer, Software Engineering (Mobile Development) Job

Pay, benefits and more:

• Competitive compensation package
• Full health insurance benefits are available on day one
• Life and disability insurance
• Earn up to 15 days of PTO over your first year
• 9 paid company holidays
• 401(k) option with company match
• Education assistance
• Opportunity to participate in a company incentive plan

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Provide technical leadership, including the design, development, and delivery of business technology-enabled applications, products, and services.
• Be responsible for meeting project schedules and ensuring the delivered solution meets the technical specifications and design requirements.
• Drive proficiency within teams, provide resolution to technical issues, ensure best practices are followed, and assist management in meeting strategic initiatives while contributing to smooth business operations.
• Coordinate technical tasks and ensure teams are working efficiently; oversee the development/support of specific IT areas and systems, and the timely delivery of projects.
• Contribute to defining new business requirements; identifying and communicating risks to the business; investigating and proposing new tools and frameworks to deliver quality products faster.
• Act as a liaison between project management, technical teams, and IT leadership; assure best practices are defined and followed; drive consistency across applications and projects wherever possible.
• Manage all aspects of coding for the team – branching, code review, ensuring code reusability and maintainability with constant refactoring, collaboration with the Enterprise Architecture team on standards and approaches. Ultimately accountable for the quality of the code for the project.
• Coding project deliverables
• Mentor developers and help resolve technical roadblocks; conduct collaborative code reviews and coordinate the deployment and implementation of software solutions; recognize organizational/team challenges and address them with management.
• Be available for production application deployment and troubleshooting hours and/or on an on-call basis

About XPO

XPO is a top ten global provider of transportation services, with a highly integrated network of people, technology and physical assets. At XPO, we look for employees who like a challenge and can communicate effectively in all situations. We want to leverage your skills and years of experience to drive positive results while ensuring a bright future for yourself and XPO. If you’re looking for a growth opportunity, join us at XPO. 

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran or other protected status.

All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to take and pass a pre-employment drug test. 

The above statements are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties and skills for this job classification. 

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