RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Play a key role in driving the strategy of applications supporting wwt.com, working in close alignment with product owners and stakeholders.
• Contribute to the environment that nurtures drive and enthusiasm within a healthy team.
• Gather and deliver performance feedback for team members, and regularly coach employees towards meeting behavioral and performance goals.
• Work with our customers and business stakeholders to ensure that our applications are stable, easy to use and are meeting business expectations.
• Work to incorporate business feedback into the team's strategy.
• Collaborate with other development teams, product management, and development leadership to align on the problems we want to solve.
• Coordinate work assignments within the team and ensure new features and issues are being addressed; balancing speed of delivery and team capacity.
• Building and delivering software solutions alongside the team, providing technical leadership, and promoting best practices.
• Prepare and deliver informal and formal presentations to team, department, and business partners.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Previous experience managing project initiatives across multiple IT and business organizations.
• Minimum of 1-2 years prior experience and passion for managing and developing people to their full potential through coaching, mentoring, and servant leadership
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation) for both a technical and non-technical audience.
• Ability to think creatively and recognize & encourage creativity in others.
• 5 years of experience in web development technologies such as:
  • VueJS, Angular, or React
  • JavaScript / NodeJS
  • Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB
• Possess a solid understanding of Agile principles.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Passionate about software development and delivering large and/or complex solutions in an iterative process.
• In depth understanding and passion for excellence in the WWT Core Values.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in computer science or Management Information Systems; A combination of education, training and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Heath, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement
• Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Preferred Locations: MO, KS, TX, FL and potentially others.

Why WWT?

At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.

WWT was founded in 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri. We employ more than 10,000 people globally and closed nearly $20 billion in revenue in 2023. We have an inclusive culture and believe our core values are the key to company and employee success. WWT is proud to have been included on the FORTUNE "100 Best Places to Work For®" list 13 years in a row!

World Wide Technology, Inc. is currently seeking a Team Lead for our ATC (Advanced Technology Center) Delivery - Core Development Team. This is a great opportunity to join our development leadership team who exhibit a passion for both leadership and quality software development.

What is the Core Development Team and why join?

• Collaborated with our UX team to deliver a component library based on our WWT Design System (we call it Blue Steel).
• Automated accessibility audits of our VueJS components to meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
• Created internal developer tooling to quickly scaffold VueJS projects and NodeJS APIs.
• Implemented an AI-powered spam detection system to enhance the integrity of our discussion forums on wwt.com and protect our customer service team from unwanted contact submissions.
• Integrated service requests from wwt.com into a third-party ticketing system to streamline the workflow of our support teams' interactions with customers.
• Migrated various pages of wwt.com to a newer, upgraded Nuxt application.
• Built a new Help Center for wwt.com.
• Enhanced our caching strategy for user information leveraged by multiple Node APIs that rely on quick, accurate user data.
• Rewrote a legacy, Grails-based API responsible for managing user access in NodeJS.

What will you be doing?

As a Team Lead, you'll be responsible for the delivery of work and for ensuring that the team is high performing and healthy. Along with leading a team of 3-5 developers and a QA Engineer, you will also be designing, building, testing, and delivering software along with the team.