Lead Software Engineer

FrankCrum is a Top Workplace

FrankCrum, voted by its employees as a Top Workplace in Tampa Bay for more than 10 years in a row, is a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) based in Clearwater, Florida. FrankCrum employs approximately 500 people who serve over 4,000 businesses by offering a full range of HR services, including payroll, employee benefits, HR consulting services and workers' compensation insurance. Our PEO is a family culture that encourages people to feel at home, collaborate, and respect each other and we live by our Pillars of Excellence which are Integrity, Prosperity, and Affinity

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The Role You'll Play to Create Success

We are excited to announce a full-time Lead Software Engineer position filled with many exciting opportunities In this role, you will have the opportunity to impact the FrankCrum business everyday by playing a pivotal role in shaping the technological landscape of our organization. You will be responsible for driving the design, development, and implementation of our software systems, with a strong emphasis on design systems, modern JavaScript frameworks, coding standards, website monitoring, code reviews, and the adoption of new technologies.

1. Work closely with stakeholders, Solution Architects, and the Software Development Manager to understand business requirements and help translate technical requirements for the Development team.
2. Provide technical leadership to the team through guidance, mentorship, and coaching
3. Identify technologies and solutions, create proof of concepts, and participate in the entire SDLC process to deploy software solutions.
4. Ensure the team adheres to already established design and coding best practice and contributes to evolving best practices.
5. Work with release management to define Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and suggest strategies to merge/branch code and maintain alignment with other teams.
6. Lead the creation and maintenance of a comprehensive design system that ensures consistency, scalability, and efficiency across all software products and platforms.
7. Serve as the subject matter expert on modern JavaScript frameworks, providing guidance, best practices, and architectural recommendations for the development team.
8. Drive the creation and maintenance of design systems, component libraries, and UI patterns to promote consistency, reusability, and efficiency across frontend applications.
9. Stay updated on the latest front-end frameworks, libraries, and technologies, and provide expertise and recommendations for their adoption and integration into projects.
10. Lead the design and development of scalable and maintainable frontend architectures, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and technical standards.
11. Establish and enforce coding standards, best practices, and development guidelines to ensure high-quality, maintainable code across all projects.
12. Implement robust website monitoring strategies and tools to continuously monitor performance, identify issues, and optimize website speed and reliability.
13. Implement performance optimization techniques and strategies to enhance front-end application speed, responsiveness, and user experience.
14. Conduct regular code reviews to provide constructive feedback, mentorship, and guidance to the development team, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement
15. Establish and enforce coding standards, best practices, and development guidelines to ensure high-quality, clean, and maintainable front-end code.
16. Stay abreast of emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks relevant to our industry, and drive the evaluation, adoption, and integration of new technologies into our software development process.
17. Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, API documentation, and developer guides, to facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding of new team members.
18. Collaborate closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and other stakeholders to understand business requirements, translate them into technical solutions, and ensure alignment with overall business objectives.
19. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team, promoting a culture of innovation, excellence, and accountability.
20. Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional development within the front-end team, encouraging skill enhancement, knowledge sharing, and participation in training programs and industry events.

The Attributes We Seek

Keys to success in this position include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, a Master's degree a plus. Proven track record of designing and implementing design systems for large-scale web applications. Expertise in front-end technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, , or similar). Knowledge of CI\CD pipeline process, automated testing, deployment methodologies for code and database changes. Excellent understanding of source control, branching strategies, code merge, Git, GitHub, Git Flow and Azure DevOps. Experience with website monitoring tools and performance optimization techniques. Demonstrated leadership experience, with the ability to mentor junior engineers and drive technical initiatives.

Our Competitive Benefits

Along with this great opportunity, FrankCrum also provides exceptional benefits from top carriers including:

• Health Insurance is zero dollar paycheck cost for employee's coverage and only two-hundred-twenty-five dollars a month for family
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Short Term Disability and Term Life Insurance at no cost to the employee
• Long Term Disability and Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• Supplemental insurance plans such as Accidental, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal Services and Pet Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan where FrankCrum matches 100% of the first 4% the employee contributes, and the employee is immediately vested in the employer match
• Employee Assistance Program at no cost to the employee
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Dependent Care Reimbursement
• Health Savings Account funded by FrankCrum
• Paid time off and holiday pay
• Education reimbursement up to five thousand two hundred fifty dollars tax free per calendar year
• PTO cash out
• Tickets at Work
• Access to the Corporate America Family Credit Union
• Employee and client referral bonus programs
• Paid volunteer time

What's Special About FrankCrum

FrankCrum, a family-owned business-to-business entity since 1981 made of several companies: FrankCrum Corporate (a professional employer organization), FrankCrum Staffing, Frank Winston Crum Insurance Company, and the FrankCrum Insurance Agency - all based in Clearwater, Florida. This "family of employer solutions" employs more than 500 people who serve over 4,000 clients throughout the United States. FrankCrum employees are trained to deliver high value through exceptional customer service and treat clients and coworkers like family. By living by our Brand Pillars (Integrity, Affinity, and Prosperity) employees are recognized at quarterly events for exceptional customer service and milestones in tenure.

The FrankCrum headquarters spans 14 acres and includes a cafe, subsidized for employees. Menus include made-to-order breakfast, hot lunch options and even dinners that can be ordered to-go, all at very affordable prices. The cafe also plays host to monthly birthday and anniversary celebrations, eating and costume contests, and yearly holiday parties. Through the input of its own employees, The Tampa Bay Times has recognized FrankCrum as a Top Place to Work for more than 10 years in a row FrankCrum also supports several community efforts through Trinity Cafe, the Homeless Empowerment Program, Angel Tree, and Clearwater Free Clinic

If you want to play this role to positively impact our client's day-to-day business, then apply now

FrankCrum is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.