Date Posted: 12/02/2025
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 494079
Industry: Manufacturing
Job Title: Lead Software Engineer
Job Location: Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
Work Model: Hybrid
Work Model Details: Onsite 2-5 days/week
Shift: M-F, 8-5
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 13
Min Hourly Rate($): 75.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 86.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: CICD, Cloud, Hibernate, Java, Scala, Spring Framework
Experience Desired: Experience designing and developing software applications in Java or Scala (10 yrs); Experience leading software engineering projects. (4 yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred Education: Master’s Degree
**C2C is not available**
Job Description
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 10+ years of experience
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related field and 8+ years of experience
Required Skills for the Software Engineer:
- Demonstrated experience leading software engineering projects.
- 8 years or more of experience in designing and developing software applications in Java or Scala
- 7 or more years of developing back-end applications using Spring Framework, Hibernate, and enterprise software design patterns.
- 7 or more years of experience with relational databases, non-relational databases and caching frameworks.
Top candidates will also have proven experience in many of the following:
- Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.
- Developing software applications using relational and non-relational databases.
- Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
- Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, Azure Devops etc.
- Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.
- Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)
Software Engineer Overview:
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will lead the design, development, testing and deployment of software systems and/or applications. Be responsible for overseeing and mentoring junior developers and handle code reviews.
Responsibilities:
- Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
- Acts as team leader for development and support groups; provides programming and application/technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to other team members.
- Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.
- Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
- Drives application development focused around delivering business valuable features
- Mentor and assist software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed
- Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
- Identifies and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team
- Guide the team to develop a structured application/interface code, new program documentation, operations documentation and user guides in a casual, flexible environment
- Communicate with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness
- Lead development of new functionality and applications on cross-functional Agile project teams
- Work with product owners to develop and implement complex, iterative delivery plans.
- Performs integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.
- Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by management from time to time. - **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
- **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**
Benefits:
For information and details on employment benefits offered with this position, please visit here. Should you have any questions/concerns, please contact our HR Department via our secure website.
California Pay Equity:
For information and details on pay equity laws in California, please visit the State of California Department of Industrial Relations' website here.
Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
If you need assistance in completing this application, or during any phase of the application, interview, hiring, or employment process, whether due to a disability or otherwise, please contact our HR Department.
Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).
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