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Lead Developer
Atlantic Media
Washington, DC, United States
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National Journal is looking for a Lead Developer to be responsible for the successful delivery of digital products. The Lead Developer will also oversee the team of developers and be the chief architect of all major digital projects and ensure that the work completed by the development staff is stable and efficient.
Reporting Relationship:
Reports to the Senior Director of Digital Strategy
Major Responsibilities Include:
• Lead a team of developers, including assessing their strengths, as well as creating and executing plans to increase their skills in areas of identified improvement
• Architect all major initiatives and work with the development team to ensure their intended architecture of minor initiatives are executed with excellence
• Reinforce and maintain all of our development processes and workflows, including identifying and implementing optimizations
• Reinforce and maintain a system of peer review, and be ultimately responsible for the quality of code being released, with a high degree of focus on reliability and performance
• Provide accurate estimations for completion of work based on requirements and ensure the development team delivers on agreed-upon deadlines
• Take a new culture of automated tests and transform it into an environment that utilizes Test-Driven Development
• Perform development tasks alongside the rest of the team
• Collaborate with the Product Management team to plan weekly sprints
• Collaborate with IT to ensure stability and up-time and in cases of downtime or other issues, communicate with key internal stakeholders to manage expectations
• Lead development team into new areas of development, including personalization and mobile development
Qualifications:
• Years of experience successfully launching complex projects on time
• Years of experience with most or all of the following: Python & Django, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, jQuery & Javascript, HTML, CSS/LESS, CDNs, uWSGI, Redis, Celery, RabbitMQ, iOS/Android
• Years of experience running development teams
• Organized, detail and deadline oriented, highly focused
• Ability to prioritize & manage multiple projects at one time; cool under pressure
• Analytical thinker with strong/creative problem solving skills
• Experience with Agile development methodologies
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
Core Attributes:
Atlantic Media recruits for two personal attributes in its candidates.
• The first is force of intellect – reflected in discipline and rigor of thought as manifested, often, in exceptional academic performance.
• The second is a personal spirit of generosity – a natural disposition towards service and selfless conduct.
• We are also looking for candidates who are adaptable and willing to approach tasks with velocity and a high metabolism.
Atlantic Media is an EOE of Minorities/Women/Vets/Disability.