Lead Software Engineer

Job responsibilities:

This engineer will be responsible for designing and implementing major portions of an IRM digital product. 

The position requires a strong developer at the level of a technical lead with a good grasp of software design, the ability to write clean, elegant code, excellent problem solving skills, the ability to lead and influence a team of talented and experienced developers, a focus on quality and testability, a strong sense of ownership, solid communication skills and a passion for building robust, rock-solid software.  This position is in the product Client / Agent software team.  The Client / Agent team is responsible for both user interfaces with the end-user as well as the principal service/daemon orchestrating the backup process in interaction with the host operating system and the Product Data Center.

Specific duties include:

• Owning and leading the design of complex component/system-level features
• Leading and consulting the design activity of the team
• Execution on an architectural roadmap
• Representing the technology and team within the greater Iron Mountain community
• Design for robustness, scalability, performance, extensibility, interoperability and reuse
• Develop thorough understanding of functional requirements and business context
• Rigorous review of others’ designs and code implementation
• Implementation of significant functionality with supporting unit tests
• Relentless pursuit of good code hygiene and quality code
• Analysis, debugging, troubleshooting and resolution of complex system-level problems
• Consistent practice of engineering processes including unit-testing, integration testing, functional testing and code reviews
• Detailed task development, effort estimation
• Mentor and guide junior members of the team

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 6-9 years of strong C++ development utilizing advanced language features including templates and implementing design patterns on the Windows System platform
• 2+ years of technical leadership experience
• Strong understanding and application of OO design and programming skills
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills
• Experience with modern product development lifecycle processes
• Good RDBMS experience with the ability to read and write complex SQL
• Basic understanding of Storage
• 3+ years experience in performance analysis and tuning techniques
• 4+ years experience working on distributed systems and TCP/IP
• Solid technical writing and verbal communication skills 
• Proven ability to deliver quality code on schedule
• B.S. Computer Science or equivalent

Also Desired:

• Experience with Storage
• Detailed knowledge of Microsoft Windows operating system functionality such as NTFS is a strong plus
• Experience with Java and/or C#/.NET is a plus
• Experience with Mac OS X is a plus
• Experience with SQLite is a plus
• M.S. in Computer Science would be a plus

Applications to be sent to connectedcareers@stratify.com