Finalsite is the preferred website, communications, enrollment, and marketing platform of more than 7,000 schools and school districts in 119 countries around the world. The company’s people, products and services transform how schools connect and engage with their community, recruit students and staff, and fundraise; while managing the complex requirements around data privacy, accessibility, hosting and security. Finalsite products and services include award-winning website designs, a robust content management system, mass communications tools, a powerful enrollment management system, innovative inbound marketing tools, data integration, training, support and marketing consulting. Finalsite is headquartered in Glastonbury, CT, USA with employees who work remotely in nearly every state in the U.S. as well as Europe, South America, and Asia. For more information, please visit www.finalsite.com.
VISION
Finalsite will transform the way school communities engage with their schools.
SUMMARY OF THE ROLE
The Tech Leader works collaboratively with a team of product managers, designers, software engineers, and quality assurance analysts to build, enhance, and maintain our comprehensive web-based software solutions using pre-defined programming languages.
The Tech Leader is seen as the subject matter expert in a significant area of the codebase and exhibits leadership and influence beyond themselves (e.g., leadership for a large group, exceptionally strong individual contribution). Given a nebulous project, a Tech Leader will appropriately scope, find a solution, and implement it, owning the technical testing and performance planning for drama-free launches.
The Tech Leader has a bigger impact beyond themselves and their immediate projects and will have a major role in the team's decision-making process. They will also contribute widely to making others better via code review, mentoring, and training.
LOCATION
100% Remote - Anywhere within the US
RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible for the whole team sprint and quarterly team delivery and is the best partner of the Product Manager and dedicated SRE.
Routinely and consistently pushes the team forward.
Exhibits ownership for all services/components owned by the team.
Actively leads and coordinates the team discussions, drawing from a mastery of the product set to devise solutions to defined ideas. Comes prepared to provide technical direction and actively mentors and guides others to contribute to the solution planning.
Proactively communicates with the team, takes responsibility for coordinating projects with team members, updates tasks as needed with new information, and raises any show-stoppers to the team in a timely fashion. Acts as a resource to unblock and enable the whole team.
Guide the technical direction for projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices.
Takes end-to-end responsibility for projects that require more than the Tech Leader’s own development and may involve multiple services/components.
Reduces the complexity of projects/services/processes in order to get more done with less work.
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
Proven track record in technical leadership and innovation.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field (Computer Science, Software Engineering, etc.) or equivalent experience, with 8+ years of web application development experience.
Able to write high-quality code that is easy to read and understand and logically correct.
Able to write tests that cover as much as is possible and are easy to read and maintain.
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
Finalsite offers 100% fully remote employment opportunities, however, these opportunities are limited to permanent residents of the United States. Current residency, as well as continued residency, within the United States is required to obtain (and retain) employment with Finalsite.
DISCLOSURES
Finalsite is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact Finalsite's People Operations Team. Finalsite is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Finalsite will ensure that persons with disabilities or special needs are provided a reasonable accommodation. Ensure your Finalsite job offer is legitimate and don't fall victim to fraud. Ask your recruiter for a phone call or other type of verbal communication and ensure all email correspondence is from a finalsite.com email address. For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at finalsite.com/jobs.
