Technical Lead, Full Stack Java Software Developer

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OUR MISSION

At Redwood, we empower our customers with lights-out automation for their mission-critical business processes.

ABOUT US

Redwood Software is the leader in full stack automation fabric solutions for mission-critical business processes. With the first SaaS-based composable automation platform specifically built for ERP, we believe in the transformative power of automation. Our unparalleled solutions empower you to orchestrate, manage and monitor your workflows across any application, service or server — in the cloud or on premises — with confidence and control. 

Redwood’s global team of automation experts and customer success engineers provide solutions and world-class support designed to give you the freedom and time to imagine and define your future. Our collaborative and dynamic environment fosters creativity, continuous learning, and a passion for building exceptional products. Get out of the weeds and see the forest, with Redwood Software.

CORE VALUES

One Team. One Redwood

Make Your Own Weather

Obsess over Customer Success

Work the Problem

Be Curious

Own the Outcome

Respect Each Other

YOUR IMPACT

We are seeking an exceptionally talented and highly experienced Technical Lead, Principal Full Stack Software Engineer with deep expertise in Java to join our leadership team. In this pivotal role, you will drive the technical direction, design, and implementation of complex, scalable, and high-performance full-stack applications that provide embedded BI and analytics capabilities across Redwood’s suite of products. You will lead by example, providing technical mentorship, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring the delivery of robust, high-quality software solutions from concept through production. 

Technical Leadership & Mentorship:

• Provide hands-on technical leadership and guidance to a team of engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Mentor and coach engineers, helping them grow their technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and understanding of best practices.

• Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and enforce coding standards and quality gates.

Architectural Design & Strategy:

• Lead the design and architecture of Redwood’s Embedded Analytics capabilities ensuring alignment with overall product and company strategy.

• Define technical roadmaps and make critical architectural decisions that impact the entire product suite.

• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, frameworks, and tools to enhance performance, scalability, security, and developer efficiency.

• Drive the adoption of best practices in software design patterns, architectural principles, and cloud-native development.

Hands-on Development:

• Serve as a principal individual contributor, developing sophisticated ETL pipelines and analytics integrations using Java.

• Design high performing and scalable schemas and data models to support in-product analytics

• Implement robust and intuitive front-end user interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js).

• Design and maintain Dashboards, Configurations, Data Models, and other resources in our BI tools

• Lead by example in writing clean, maintainable, high-performing, and well-tested code.

• Oversee and actively participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle, from ideation and requirements gathering to deployment, monitoring, and support.

System Performance & Reliability:

• Design and implement solutions with a strong focus on performance, scalability, security, and reliability.

• Proactively identify and address technical debt and performance bottlenecks.

• Establish and maintain robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems for production applications.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Collaborate closely with product management, UX/UI designers, DevOps, and other engineering teams to translate complex business requirements into technical solutions.

• Influence product strategy and contribute to defining the technical vision for our products.

• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

YOUR EXPERIENCE 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.

• 7-10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in a Technical Lead or Principal Engineer role.

• Exceptional proficiency in Java  (v.11/17).

• Deep understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and RESTful API design principles.

• Expertise in database design and optimization for both relational (e.g., SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra) databases.

• Proven experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including services like compute, storage, networking, and serverless technologies.

• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps) and automated testing frameworks (unit, integration, end-to-end).

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills, with a focus on complex system challenges.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences.

• Strong leadership qualities, including the ability to influence, motivate, and empower engineering teams.

• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git, Jira, BitBucket, Bamboo from Atlassian).

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience with one or more BI tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, Sisense, etc

• Experience building with ETL pipelines and databases such as Postgres, Snowflake, Redshift, etc

• Experience with message brokers/queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).

• Familiar with modern front-end technologies: HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, with hands-on experience in at least one major framework (ReactJS, Angular, MobX and TypeScript).

• Contributions to open-source projects or a strong public code portfolio (e.g., GitHub).

• Experience with performance tuning and capacity planning for large-scale applications.

If you like growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

THE LEGAL BIT
Redwood is an equal opportunity employer. Redwood prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, marital or veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), sexual orientation, pregnancy or any other consideration made unlawful by regional or local laws. We also prohibit discrimination based on a perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. All such discrimination is unlawful and will have a zero tolerance policy applied to it.
 

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