Evergreen Posting: Engineering Director

• Arizona
• California
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Montana
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Oregon
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• Washington
• Wisconsin

What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)

• Prioritize the care and development of your assigned direct reports
• Write and review code, ensuring high standards of quality, maintainability, and test coverage
• Solve problems across the tech stack alongside other engineers on the team, building new systems and improving existing ones
• Lead other developers through ideation and articulation of solutions with an eye toward integration and reducing burden and tech debt
• Mentor other engineers on programming and product development best practices 
• Consistently apply best practices, including a focus on accessibility
• Collaborate with team members and government/client stakeholders to craft creative solutions and build technology products that improve the lives of those in the communities they serve
• Engage with coworkers across disciplines according to agile and scrum methodologies, including participating in planning, breaking down requirements into tasks, refinement, and estimation, etc.
• Articulate benefits and risks associated with different technical approaches
• Contribute to the ongoing formation and maintenance of Coforma’s engineering processes
• Participate in business development efforts including proposals, presentations, and more when needed, providing expertise on product development and the delivery of engineering services
• Serve as a member of the engineering department leadership team, tasked with mentorship and leading cross-vertical initiatives and projects
• Respond to challenges with the levelheaded composure of a seasoned engineer

What You Know (Knowledge and Experience Requirements)

• Open-source programming languages, like JavaScript/TypeScript, Ruby, Python, Java, etc.
• Frameworks, libraries, or runtimes, like React, Rails, Node, Next, Angular, Spring, etc.
• Testing frameworks like Jest, Testing Library, Mocha, Playwright, Cypress, etc.
• How to leverage the command line via shell scripting
• APIs and databases of various types, like SQL, Dynamo, Mongo, Postgres, etc.
• Infrastructure tools like Terraform, Serverless, Amazon CDK, etc.
• CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Circle, etc.
• Cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, etc.
• How to deliver polished, scalable, maintainable, performant code 
• How to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Agile and Scrum development methodologies

• 8 or more years of experience with open-source programing languages, modern frameworks, libraries, and runtimes
• Prior experience in digital services, government, or federal consulting
• 5 or more years of experience wtih APIs and databases of various types
• 5 or more years of experience working with cloud platforms, infrastructure tools, and IAC
• 5 or more years of working with CI/CD and pipeline tools
• 3 or more years of experience managing direct reports (individual contributors) and teams in complex ecosystems

Other

• Internet: Will prioritize and maintain access to strong, reliable internet for the remote nature of our work, except when on vacation or holiday.
• Security: Will keep the highest security practices to ensure privacy and security of Coforma and client information, given the nature of our work, even when on vacation.
• Travel Flexibility: On request and with advanced notice, will attend in-person events such as meetings, workshops, and trainings as assigned for projects that require it.
• Brand Representation: Will represent Coforma professionally and sincerely, modeling our Company Values in all interactions.