Lead Software Development Engineer and MentorThe Mentor will manage, train and recruit our junior software engineers who work part-time as paid interns for Exelaration. The ideal candidate has 4 or more years of experience in software development, and at least one year of experience in team leadership and/or mentoring. While this position is currently fully remote, we are looking for candidates located in the North Carolina research triangle, Northern Virginia, or Blacksburg areas.
Responsibilities:
- Provide training and mentoring to our Exelaration engineers while delivering world-class software for our clients
- Develop and architect technical solutions for our clients
- Participate with the Exelaration team in recruiting undergraduates to maintain a balanced workforce across graduating class years.
- Client work requires experience in a variety of technologies (e.g. Java, .NET, Python, Angular, React, Cloud), and skills (e.g., DevOps, maintenance, development, analysis, testing, different development languages, databases, platforms)
- Translate client requirements into teachable modules for junior engineers
- Develop communication and stakeholder relationship skills in junior engineers
- Provide quality assurance for junior engineer deliverables
- Support multiple projects concurrently
- Meet with potential clients in collaboration with other team members to drive sales pipeline
Qualifications:
- Track record of delivering and running Agile/Scrum projects for business stakeholders
- Ability and interest to perform a variety of work using a variety of technologies and skills, including learning new technologies
- Ability and desire to work with junior engineers, offering mentoring and training in software development languages, best practices and methodology
- Experience and comfort communicating using a variety of methods (email, phone, video conference, instant messaging, collaboration tools, in-person)
- Commitment to exceptional client service as an individual contributor and team leader
- Planning and organizational skills
- Demonstration of flexibility in the face of changing business and client requirements
About the Exelaration CenterExelaration is ranked the #4 internship for Overall Diversity, and #2 for Training and Mentoring. Top organizations engage the Exelaration Center to design and build custom software for their unique business needs. We're powered by time-tested best practices from the world of scientific, university-based research. Exelaration's innovative campus-based model harnesses the experience of full-time expert engineers coupled with the value of talented undergraduate engineers.
