Introduction:

Axtria is a global provider of cloud software and data analytics to the Life Sciences industry. We help Life Sciences companies transform the product commercialization journey to drive sales growth and improve healthcare outcomes for patients. We are acutely aware that our work impacts millions of patients and lead passionately to improve their lives.

Since our founding in 2010, technology innovation has been our winning differentiation, and we continue to leapfrog competition with platforms that deploy Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Our cloud-based platforms - Axtria DataMax™, Axtria InsightsMax™, Axtria SalesIQ™, and Axtria MarketingIQ™ - enable customers to efficiently manage data, leverage data science to deliver insights for sales and marketing planning and manage end-to-end commercial operations.

With customers in over 75 countries, Axtria is one of the largest global commercial solutions providers in the Life Sciences industry. We continue to win industry recognition for growth and are featured in some of the most aspirational lists - INC 5000, Deloitte FAST 500, NJBiz FAST 50, SmartCEO Future 50, Red Herring 100, and several other growth and technology awards.

Axtria is looking for exceptional talent to join our rapidly growing global team. People are our biggest perk! Our transparent and collaborative culture offers chance to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Axtria Institute, our in-house university, offers the best training in the industry and an opportunity to learn in a structured environment. A customized career progression plan ensures every associate is setup for success and able to do meaningful work in a fun environment. We want our legacy to be the leaders we produce for the industry. Will you be next?

The Software Development Team Lead will be part of an agile development team, building and working on enterprise-grade software systems on top of the Angular and python development stack. The architecture supports multiple different underlying database technologies. The ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience with development and deployment of software solutions in both AWS and Azure cloud environments.

The Software Development Team Lead will provide technical and team leadership through coaching and mentorship. This role is perfect for someone with career aspirations to move into a software engineering management role.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Director of Research and Development, the duties and responsibilities of the Software Development Team Lead include:
• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship.
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits. Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
• Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web-based business applications built on angular and python technologies.
• Assist in the collection and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans.
• Prepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation and maintenance of software.
• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards. Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
• Package and support deployment of releases.
• Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.
• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems.
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget.
• Provide third-level support to business users.
• Research and evaluate a variety of software products.

Desired Skills & Experience

Minimum Requirements

• 4 years’ experience as a Software Developer
• Prior experience as a senior developer, providing guidance to junior team members
• College or University degree in Computer Science or a related discipline

Core Competency Requirements

• Proficient with angular and python development
• In depth knowledge and experience with core python technologies including: Object oriented design, flask, gunicorn, sqlalchemy, and marshmallow
• Extensive experience designing and developing enterprise grade software
• Experience with source control management systems and continuous integration/deployment environments
• Experience with automated testing
• Experience with agile development methodologies including Kanban and Scrum
• Experience with multi-threading and concurrency
• Experience with debugging, performance profiling and optimization
• Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented and service-oriented application development techniques and theories
• Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment
• Willing and able to provide technical guidance to a small team of junior development resources
• Strong communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders
• Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes

Preferred Competency Requirements

• Experience with web development technologies including angular or another SPA framework
• Experience with several database technologies, and foundational database design principles
• Experience with database development including relational database design, SQL and ORM technologies
• Experience with cloud-based development on AWS or Azure
• Experience with user interface design and prototyping