What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Application Lead - Connect position at Lineage?
We are looking for a highly experienced Tech Lead, with a focus on Node.js to lead a team of senior and mid-level software engineers. You should have a focus on best practices, software quality, and reliability to lead a high performing team to deliver software that’s essential for cold chain warehouse operations. As a key technical leader, you will drive the design of microservices and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver cutting-edge applications. This role requires deep expertise in Node.js, system architecture, cloud platforms, and high-performance applications.
Tech Leads should also have a passion for soft skills. Communication, clarity, motivation, and setting expectations will be used daily and are equally important as hard technical skills. Teams are given authority and autonomy in how to operate day-to-day within guidelines. You will work closely with the scrum master and product owner to collect feedback from the team and make decisions, so your team performs at their highest level.
As a company, Lineage builds state-of-the-art systems to make our employees productive, to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations, to drive our growth, and to create a technology platform that enables Lineage to achieve its vision of transforming the food supply chain. This is a critical role in that journey, and it will require someone who has a true passion for software development in the logistics space.
Primary Responsibilities:
This is an excellent position to begin your career path within Lineage! Success in this role enables greater responsibilities and promotions! A career at Lineage starts with learning about our business and how each team member plays a part each and every day to satisfy our customers’ requirements. Beyond that, you’ll help us grow and learn on our journey to be the very best employer in our industry. We’ll ask you for your opinion and ensure we do our part to keep you developing and engaged as we grow our business. Working at Lineage is energizing and enjoyable. We value respect and care about our team members.
Lineage is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful harassment and retaliation. Lineage will not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability or any other protected status under federal, state and local law.
Benefits
Lineage provides safe, stable, reliable work environments, medical, dental, and basic life and disability insurance benefits, 401k retirement plan, paid time off, annual bonus eligibility, and a minimum of 7 holidays throughout the calendar year.
Tech Leads should also have a passion for soft skills. Communication, clarity, motivation, and setting expectations will be used daily and are equally important as hard technical skills. Teams are given authority and autonomy in how to operate day-to-day within guidelines. You will work closely with the scrum master and product owner to collect feedback from the team and make decisions, so your team performs at their highest level.
As a company, Lineage builds state-of-the-art systems to make our employees productive, to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations, to drive our growth, and to create a technology platform that enables Lineage to achieve its vision of transforming the food supply chain. This is a critical role in that journey, and it will require someone who has a true passion for software development in the logistics space.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead an experienced team to deliver high quality results to the client team by providing coaching, training, and oversight.
- Architect and develop highly scalable, secure, and efficient backend systems using Node.js
- Ensure engineering discipline: Build mechanisms to provide feedback and utilize that feedback to verify adherence to best practices.
- Collaborate across the organization: Partner with product, engineering, and leadership to align architecture decisions with strategic goals.
- Continuous improvement: Receive and provide actionable feedback to improve quality, coding standards, maintainability, and delivery velocity.
- Design, implement, and optimize React Native application used in warehouse operations.
- Conduct code reviews, mentor junior and mid-level developers, and drive a culture of excellence.
- Oversee CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud infrastructure (AWS).
- Extensive experience delivering enterprise systems (7 years software development, 3 years in a senior role).
- Hands-on experience with Node.js, React, and relational databases like MS SQL Server (or similar languages, frameworks, and databases).
- Strong understanding of modern delivery practices, including CI/CD, containerization, and cloud-native approaches.
- Proven ability to design migration and cutover strategies that minimize risk and disruption.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across teams and departments.
- Please note: We are unable to sponsor work authorization for this role at this time.
This is an excellent position to begin your career path within Lineage! Success in this role enables greater responsibilities and promotions! A career at Lineage starts with learning about our business and how each team member plays a part each and every day to satisfy our customers’ requirements. Beyond that, you’ll help us grow and learn on our journey to be the very best employer in our industry. We’ll ask you for your opinion and ensure we do our part to keep you developing and engaged as we grow our business. Working at Lineage is energizing and enjoyable. We value respect and care about our team members.
Lineage is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful harassment and retaliation. Lineage will not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability or any other protected status under federal, state and local law.
Benefits
Lineage provides safe, stable, reliable work environments, medical, dental, and basic life and disability insurance benefits, 401k retirement plan, paid time off, annual bonus eligibility, and a minimum of 7 holidays throughout the calendar year.