Your opportunity
If you are driven by innovation, passionate about technical excellence, and ready to lead a team of exceptional engineers, apply now for the position of Lead Software Engineer at New Relic. Let's embark on an exciting journey of innovation and technical advancements together!
At New Relic, we provide businesses with a state-of-the-art observability platform, leveraging advanced technologies to deliver real-time insights into the performance of software applications and infrastructure. As a company at the forefront of the industry, we enable organizations to monitor, analyze, and optimize their systems to achieve enhanced reliability, performance, and user experience. Join us in our mission to revolutionize observability and empower businesses in today's dynamic digital landscape.
What you'll do
  • Collaborate with engineering leadership to build our technical strategy.
  • Steer teams toward technical decisions that fit well with the long term vision.
  • Help teams choose the right tools for the job at hand and use the chosen technologies effectively.
  • Identify and lead to resolution any cross-team and cross-org technical issues, working with other Architects and leaders as needed.
  • Provide the connective tissue between teams and organizations for all technical matters.
  • Mentor junior engineers and help them grow in their roles
This role requires
  • Bachelor’s degree, software development, engineering, or a related technical field
  • 4+ years of experience as a technical lead for a team of at least 5 engineers
  • 8+ years of experience working as a Software engineer working in ReactJs/VueJs with a strong computer science background and an aptitude for learning new languages quickly
  • Experience with front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React)
  • Demonstrated experience in designing, developing, and maintaining large-scale software systems, utilizing modern programming languages and frameworks
  • Proven ability to lead and mentor a team of software engineers, guiding them towards technical excellence, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality code
  • Strong understanding of scalable distributed systems and microservices architecture, with the ability to design and implement solutions that meet performance and scalability requirements
  • Passion for exploring new technologies and finding creative solutions to complex problems, keeping up with industry trends and advancements in observability and related domains
  • Excellent collaboration abilities, with the capacity to work effectively with cross-functional teams, present ideas, and communicate technical concepts clearly
  • Keep up to date with technologies - AWS/Azure/GCP, serverless, Docker, Kubernetes among others
Bonus points if you have

  • Experience building partner ecosystem platforms 

  • Experience building and owning public REST APIs 

  • Experience with App Security and secure development lifecycle activities, such as: Threat Modeling, Security code reviews

  •  Experience using and/or running App Security products (Security Testing or Vulnerability Management tools, such as Dependabot, Snyk or Synopsys)

Is a Remote Job?
Hybrid (Remote with required office time)

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