What are the responsibilities and job description for the Application Development Technical Lead position at Fisher Investments?
Overview
It's an exciting time to be a member of the Fisher Investments Technology Department. We're investing in the future of our firm's technology and are building our team to achieve global growth. We are looking for an Application Development Technical Lead to support our Technology Business Services team. If you are looking for an opportunity to make a difference as we develop scalable and strategic solutions to support our global growth, we want to hear from you!
The Opportunity:
As Application Development Technical Lead, you will report to the Application Development Group Manager. You will provide internally-developed and third-party software solutions to meet business needs. You will use advanced expertise to serve as technical lead and manage technical aspects of projects, including project planning and oversight of project participants, and mentoring of junior team members.
The Day-to-Day:
We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:
It's an exciting time to be a member of the Fisher Investments Technology Department. We're investing in the future of our firm's technology and are building our team to achieve global growth. We are looking for an Application Development Technical Lead to support our Technology Business Services team. If you are looking for an opportunity to make a difference as we develop scalable and strategic solutions to support our global growth, we want to hear from you!
The Opportunity:
As Application Development Technical Lead, you will report to the Application Development Group Manager. You will provide internally-developed and third-party software solutions to meet business needs. You will use advanced expertise to serve as technical lead and manage technical aspects of projects, including project planning and oversight of project participants, and mentoring of junior team members.
The Day-to-Day:
- Manage technical development of software from creation through user acceptance for medium- to large-scale projects, typically involving multiple departments and high risk situations.
- Design steps and modules, define timelines, identifie and resolves issues.
- Work in a distributed environment providing technical requirements and collaborating with technical teams for solution architecture, cloud services, DevOps processes, and security practices.
- Make decisions regarding technical direction and work closely with Solution Architecture contributing to recommendations for Enterprise design and implementation.
- Present options and work with Project Management to set client expectations, including senior management.
- Work with multiple groups including QA, Infrastructure, PMO, Release Management, Information Security, Solution Architecture and the Service Desk.
- Use advanced design skills in defining Technical Design Specifications.
- Create logic flow charts and process diagrams.
- Create and modify code to meet specifications.
- Lead code review processes and continuous improvement across team for coding standards and test and debug work
- Mentor junior developers and may participate in selection process.
- 10 years of experience serving as a technical leader in software applications development and support
- Software architectural experience required along with demonstrated ability to engage with enterprise architecture for solution design and implementation.
- Experience with enterprise applications development
- Experience with applicable software development language(s) with hands-on experience in C#, and .Net.
- Extensive experience with API integration with hands-on experience including Secure API Integration and Lifecycle management.
- Extensive experience with Azure platform technologies and APIM, Service Bus, Function Apps, Logic Apps, Cosmos DB and high availability enterprise applications.
- Previous experience with test automation tools and concepts.
- Previous experience with teams leveraging IaC and modern DevOps practices.
- Strong understanding of SDLC supporting both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Excellent systems design skills
- Bachelor's degree in MIS, computer science, math, or other science field required, plus extensive experience developing software programs; or equivalent combination of education/experience
We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:
- 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
- A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
- 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays
- Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care
- This is an in-office role. Based on your role, tenure, and performance eligibility you may have the opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change.