Lead Developer

Southern Company Atlanta, GA
Full Time Lead Level 7+ years

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About This Role

Drive the design, development, and delivery of large-scale marketing applications by leading multiple Scrum teams, setting technical directions, and ensuring high-quality, scalable solutions aligned with business objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the technical lead for multiple Scrum teams, providing hands-on guidance, code reviews, and mentorship to engineers
  • Participate in iteration planning, reviews, retrospectives, and daily standups; support PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt events
  • Partner with architect to define solution designs, establish coding standards, and promote engineering practices across teams
  • Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve technical bottlenecks, system issues, and performance challenges
  • Ensure applications are designed and built with security in mind, following secure coding practices and appropriate authentication and authorization protocols
  • Leverage AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot to improve code quality, development velocity, and test coverage

Requirements

  • 7+ years of full-stack development experience
  • Experience in leading or guiding development teams
  • Proficiency with C# .NET
  • Proficiency with Angular
  • Proficiency with REST APIs
  • Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills
  • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
  • Proven analysis and problem-solving skills
  • Strong experience designing and developing large-scale web applications using modern frameworks, patterns, and technologies
  • Solid understanding of application security, including authentication and authorization protocols (e.g., OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML)
  • Experience working with relational databases such as Oracle and/or SQL Server, including schema design and performance tuning
  • Proven experience implementing secure coding practices and using static and dynamic code analysis tools to improve code quality

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • 7+ years of full-stack development experience including leading or guiding development teams

Nice to Have

  • Agile/SAFe experience
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps practices
  • Exposure to cloud platforms and modern deployment strategies
  • Familiarity with enterprise identity platforms and SSO integrations

Skills

Angular * C++ * DevOps * REST APIs * Agile * .NET * SQL Server * Oracle * Scrum * CI/CD * Web API * SAML * Cloud platforms * Microsoft Copilot * OpenID Connect * SSO * OAuth 2.0 * AI Assisted Development *

* Required skills

About Southern Company

Southern Company is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond, providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service.

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