DescriptionWith our get-it-done attitude and focused mission, we are growing at an unprecedented rate and are seeking a Reporting Experience - Team Lead to lead a team responsible for delivering the reporting, visualization, dashboarding, mapping, and desktop analysis experiences that help investigators turn complex data into actionable intelligence.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of software engineers.
- Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, provide ongoing feedback, and support the career development of team members.
- Own the performance management process, including goal setting, performance reviews, and development planning.
- Partner with HR on compensation planning, promotions, employee relations matters, and succession planning.
- Foster a positive, collaborative, and accountable team culture.
- Monitor team health, workload, engagement, and morale, taking proactive action when needed.
- Drive architecture and design decisions, balancing business requirements with scalability, reliability, maintainability, security, and compliance.
- Establish and uphold engineering standards and best practices consistent with Penlink's architecture and development principles.
- Identify and remove technical, organizational, and process obstacles that impact team effectiveness.
- Champion continuous improvement in development processes, tooling, testing, and CI/CD practices.
- Perform code reviews that improve software quality and support engineer growth.
- Contribute to technical designs, prototypes, architecture discussions, and production code where appropriate.
- Support the development of reporting, visualization, dashboarding, mapping, export, and integration capabilities within PLX.
- Advocate for the thoughtful adoption of AI and emerging technologies that improve customer outcomes and engineering effectiveness.
- Participate in operational support, incident response, and continuous improvement efforts.
- Partner with Product Management, Software Architects, and other Engineering leaders to align execution with product strategy and customer needs.
- Represent the team in roadmap planning, architecture reviews, and leadership discussions.
- Communicate team progress, risks, priorities, and dependencies clearly to stakeholders.
- Collaborate with other Team Leads and Engineering leaders to align standards, priorities, and shared services across the organization.
RequirementsYOUR COMPETENCIES & EXPERIENCE - 5 or more years of professional software engineering experience, preferably with C# and .NET technologies.
- Strong software engineering background with the ability to lead through both technical expertise and people leadership.
- Proven ability to coach, mentor, and develop engineers while holding team members accountable for results.
- Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to balance competing priorities across delivery, quality, team health, and long-term strategic goals.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, design principles, and modern development practices.
- Experience working in Agile software development environments.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Hands-on experience with technologies such as .NET, WPF, gRPC, Oracle, and Azure DevOps.
- Experience developing complex desktop or enterprise applications.
- Experience leading software engineers in a Team Lead, Technical Lead, Engineering Manager, or similar capacity preferred.
- Experience developing reporting, visualization, analytics, dashboarding, mapping, or investigative software solutions preferred.
This position currently follows a hybrid schedule requiring two days per week in our Lincoln, Nebraska office. Onsite requirements may be adjusted based on business needs and company or departmental policy. 
