Full Stack Software Developer Team Lead
Leidos
About the role
About
The Homeland Sector within Leidos is seeking a Full Stack Software Developer Team Lead, with strong systems, software, cloud, and Agile experience to support a complex program to provide Agile development. In this role the candidate will support the Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD) within Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This hands‑on position involves collaboratively architecting, designing, building, delivering, and enhancing highly available, scalable, real‑time systems. The team lead will direct an Agile development team to support all design, creation, maintenance, and testing of Java full‑stack applications.
Location: Ashburn, VA (required on‑site twice a week)
Primary Responsibilities
- Guide team development efforts toward successful project delivery.
- Directly mentor and coach a team of three senior developers.
- Monitor team performance; resolve impediments; develop and implement improvement solutions.
- Coordinate schedule execution and plan program‑wide software/architecture releases.
- Lead Program Increment (PI) Planning from a technical aspect, grooming objectives and providing technical details, work on architecture.
- Lead cross‑team collaboration in support of development, testing, and deployment efforts.
- Brief customers on development progress throughout the PI cycle, including testing, deployment, and release readiness status.
- Maintain application posture for code coverage and ensure the configuration management (CM) process is effective for the team.
- Build the front‑end of applications through appealing visual design and define needs for build APIs.
- Maintain high standards of software quality using best practices and automated testing.
- Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
- Collaborate with government customers on requirements development.
- Analyze and resolve technical and application problems.
Basic Qualifications
- BA/BS and 12+ years of relevant experience or Masters with 10+ years of relevant experience or 4 years of directly related experience in lieu of degree.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a CBP Background Investigation prior to start.
- 8 years of hands‑on experience using at least six of the following (not limited to):
- Angular, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Spring Boot, Material UI, Java.
- AWS Cloud, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Ansible, Git, Rafay.
- RESTful Web Services, Hibernate.
- Oracle/MySQL/Postgres, microservices, Spring Boot, Java.
- CI/CD, Agile development, UX/UI.
- Experience with wireframe software to create effective mockups.
- Self‑starter, strong leader, able to work independently with little supervision.
- Knowledge of software design patterns.
- Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint).
- Proficiency with common Agile practices, service‑oriented environments, and best development practices.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience with DevOps frameworks.
- Experience with Jira and Confluence.
Preferred Qualifications
- Active DoD Top Secret or DHS CBP BI clearance.
- Solid experience as a full‑stack Java developer.
- Experience with AWS, microservices, user experience, containerization, CI/CD.
- Experience in AWS app development.
Requirements
- BA/BS and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10+ years of prior relevant experience OR 4 years of directly related experience in lieu of degree
- Must be able to maintain and obtain a CBP Background Investigation prior to start
- 8 years of hands-on experience using at least 6 the following, but not limited to:
- Angular, JavaScript, CSS, & HTML, Springboot, Material UI, JAVA etc
- AWS Cloud, Amazon Elastic Kubernete Service (EKS), Ansible, GIT, Rafay
- RESTful Web Services, Hibernate
- Oracle/ MySQL/Postgres, microservices, Springboot, Java
- CI/CD, Experience in Agile development, and UX/UI
- Experience with wireframe software to formulate effective mockups
- Must be a self-starter, strong leader, and can work independently with little supervision
- Knowledge of software design patterns
- Proficiency with MS Office Products (Word, Excel, Visio, & PowerPoint)
- Proficiency with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with DevOps frameworks
- Experience with Jira, Confluence
Responsibilities
- In this role the candidate will support the Passenger Systems Program Directorate (PSPD) within Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- In this hands-on position, you will work collaboratively to architect, design, build, deliver, and enhance highly available, scalable, real-time systems
- You will exercise your judgment in determining and recommending the best designs based on customer business objectives, timelines and other resource constraints
- You will participate in and/or direct major deliverables of projects through all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing
- The team lead will direct an Agile development team to successfully support all design, creation, maintenance, and testing of JAVA full stack applications
- *This position REQUIRES the candidate to be in Ashburn, VA, twice a week**
- Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery
- Directly guide, mentor, and coach a team of three senior developers
- Monitor team performance; resolve impediments; develop and implement solutions for driving improvement
- Coordinate schedule execution and plan program-wide software/architecture releases
- Lead Program Increment (PI) Planning from technical aspect
- Grooming the objectives and provide technical details, work on architecture
- Lead cross-team collaboration in support of development, testing, and deployment efforts
- Brief customers on the development progress throughout the PI cycle on program status, including the status of testing, deployment, and release readiness
- Maintain application posture for code coverage and ensure the CM process defined is working for the team
- Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design and define needs for build APIs
- Maintain high standards of software quality using software development best practices and automated testing
- Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team
- Collaborate with government customers on requirements development
- Analyze and resolve technical and application problems
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