Varsity Brands
Lead Software Engineer
US - Florida
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About the role
- Innovation - We never stop striving to be better.
- Jude Partnership & Volunteer Opportunities - Employee Perks including discounts on personal apparel and equipment!
- Varsity Brands companies are equal opportunity employers.
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture and design efforts for complex applications, services, and platform capabilities
- Drive technical decision-making across multiple teams and technology domains
- Review and influence major technical designs and implementation strategies
- Lead development of reusable platform services and shared engineering capabilities
- Drive modernization initiatives supporting cloud-native, API-first, and event-driven architectures
- Drive adoption of automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and DevOps practices
- Improve software quality through design reviews, code reviews, and technical coaching
- Support continuous improvement of engineering processes and delivery methods
- Mentor Software Engineers I, II, and III while helping prepare future Lead Engineers
- Share knowledge through architecture reviews, design discussions, and technical forums
Requirements
- The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:
- Technical Expertise
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical discipline
- 8-12+ years of progressive software engineering experience
- Experience mentoring engineers and influencing engineering standards
- Thinks beyond individual applications to platforms, systems, and reusable capabilities
- Designs solutions that scale across products, teams, and business functions
- Balances immediate delivery needs with long-term architectural objectives
- Deep understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, cloud-native development, APIs, and modern engineering practices
- Strong knowledge of performance optimization, resiliency, security, and system design
- Ability to evaluate and implement scalable engineering solutions
- Solves highly complex technical challenges involving multiple systems and stakeholders
- Applies systems thinking to identify root causes and long-term solutions
- Anticipates technical risks and proactively mitigates issues
- Influences technical decisions without formal authority
Nice to have
- Experience supporting platform modernization initiatives
- Experience with AWS and modern cloud technologies
- Experience leading large-scale engineering initiatives across multiple teams
- Experience contributing to technical communities through presentations, blogs, open-source contributions, or knowledge sharing
Benefits
- Comprehensive Health Care Benefits
- HSA Employer Contribution/ FSA Opportunities
- Wellbeing Program
- Company paid Life, AD&D, and Short-Term Disability
- Generous My Time Off & Paid Holidays
- Employee Perks including discounts on personal apparel and equipment!
- For benefits eligible roles, we offer a variety of choices and costs as well as program enhancements that align with our responsibility to elevate the employee experience.
- Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.
Company info
- Transparency - We are committed to openness and honesty in everything we do.
- We are committed to putting you and your families first.
- At Varsity Brands, we believe every student deserves the opportunity to succeed and every educator wants to make a difference.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employers.
Visa & Work Authorization
- ualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability
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