Software Lead Engineer | Accela | Remote (United States)
Posted 2025-09-08
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">ABOUT THE ROLE</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As a Full Stack Technical Lead Engineer at Accela, Inc., your expertise in Java and Angular will be crucial in leading a new Scrum Team to develop secure and scalable SaaS solutions on Azure Cloud. You will take on a key technical leadership role within a cross-functional team, ensuring the design and delivery of high-quality products that leverage multi-cloud infrastructure. Your strong background in agile software development, combined with deep technical expertise, will be essential in creating robust, adaptable, and secure solutions that deliver significant value to our customers.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Lead a new Scrum team technically, focusing on developing new features, refactoring, and enhancing core applications.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Define requirements, and lead analysis and grooming sessions for Scrum team deliverables.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Conduct code reviews, write unit tests, document code, and enforce software best practices.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborate with QA engineers to establish testing protocols for identifying and resolving defects.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build and maintain strong working relationships with peers across the organization (QA, Development, PM, UX, etc.).</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Contribute to the entire SDLC, from idea and design phases through to implementation, release, and deployment.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Provide production support for services when necessary.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p>
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<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, with at least 10 years of professional software development experience.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience in team leadership or as a Principal Engineer is essential.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Expert knowledge and application of secure software development principles and methodologies.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">At least 10 years of experience with a range of programming languages commonly used in software development (e.g., Java, C#, Angular, Typescript).</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong experience with Java Unit Testing Frameworks and Tools such as JUnit, TestNG, Mockito, etc.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience working in continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) systems.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Familiarity with build systems and software integration systems.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong analytical skills, capable of breaking down complex problems, processes, or projects into manageable components and evaluating them systematically.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Independent, creative thinker with resourceful and proactive problem-solving skills.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience in coaching and mentoring other team members, demonstrating technical leadership and sound decision-making.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proficient in using software source control systems, preferably Git.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Solid understanding and practical experience with cloud computing platforms such as Azure Cloud.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex software concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Certifications in programming languages (Java, C#).</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Certifications in Enterprise SaaS.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">ABOUT ACCELA</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">For nearly 20 years, Accela has been an industry leader in designing and delivering government software to improve efficiency, increase citizen engagement and enable the development of thriving communities. Today, citizens are savvy to how services should be delivered, and expect a consistently convenient, openly transparent view into their local government. While government agencies struggle to do more with less, our mission has never been more critical. Accela provides a robust, cloud-based platform of government software solutions that accelerate growth, efficiency, and transparency in communities of all sizes. From planning, to building, to service request management and more, Accela’s SaaS offerings level the playing field for small and medium governments and enable smaller agencies to leverage larger city technologies. Our open and flexible technology helps agencies address specific needs today, while ensuring they are well prepared for the emerging challenges of the future.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Accela believes in developing and nurturing a workplace community where our differences are celebrated, and everyone feels a sense of psychological safety and belonging. Accela is committed to putting resources and attention towards evolving our practices, policies, and philosophies to enable diversity to thrive and to support equity in opportunity for everyone.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">COMPENSATION AND WELL-BEING</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $120,000 – $150,000. The actual annual base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, training, and experience. In addition to an annual base salary, this role is eligible to earn commissions.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Accela’s U.S. team members will receive a generous benefits package consisting of options including medical, dental, and vision plans, family planning benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, health savings account with company contributions, flexible spending account, life, accident, and disability coverage, business travel insurance, employee assistance programs, and other well-being benefits.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Accela is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and will respond to requests for job accommodations.</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or based on disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation.</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">As a Full Stack Technical Lead Engineer at Accela, Inc., your expertise in Java and Angular will be crucial in leading a new Scrum Team to develop secure and scalable SaaS solutions on Azure Cloud. You will take on a key technical leadership role within a cross-functional team, ensuring the design and delivery of high-quality products that leverage multi-cloud infrastructure. Your strong background in agile software development, combined with deep technical expertise, will be essential in creating robust, adaptable, and secure solutions that deliver significant value to our customers.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Lead a new Scrum team technically, focusing on developing new features, refactoring, and enhancing core applications.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Define requirements, and lead analysis and grooming sessions for Scrum team deliverables.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Conduct code reviews, write unit tests, document code, and enforce software best practices.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Collaborate with QA engineers to establish testing protocols for identifying and resolving defects.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build and maintain strong working relationships with peers across the organization (QA, Development, PM, UX, etc.).</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Contribute to the entire SDLC, from idea and design phases through to implementation, release, and deployment.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Provide production support for services when necessary.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, with at least 10 years of professional software development experience.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience in team leadership or as a Principal Engineer is essential.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Expert knowledge and application of secure software development principles and methodologies.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">At least 10 years of experience with a range of programming languages commonly used in software development (e.g., Java, C#, Angular, Typescript).</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong experience with Java Unit Testing Frameworks and Tools such as JUnit, TestNG, Mockito, etc.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience working in continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) systems.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Familiarity with build systems and software integration systems.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong analytical skills, capable of breaking down complex problems, processes, or projects into manageable components and evaluating them systematically.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Independent, creative thinker with resourceful and proactive problem-solving skills.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience in coaching and mentoring other team members, demonstrating technical leadership and sound decision-making.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Proficient in using software source control systems, preferably Git.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Solid understanding and practical experience with cloud computing platforms such as Azure Cloud.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex software concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Certifications in programming languages (Java, C#).</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Certifications in Enterprise SaaS.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">ABOUT ACCELA</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">For nearly 20 years, Accela has been an industry leader in designing and delivering government software to improve efficiency, increase citizen engagement and enable the development of thriving communities. Today, citizens are savvy to how services should be delivered, and expect a consistently convenient, openly transparent view into their local government. While government agencies struggle to do more with less, our mission has never been more critical. Accela provides a robust, cloud-based platform of government software solutions that accelerate growth, efficiency, and transparency in communities of all sizes. From planning, to building, to service request management and more, Accela’s SaaS offerings level the playing field for small and medium governments and enable smaller agencies to leverage larger city technologies. Our open and flexible technology helps agencies address specific needs today, while ensuring they are well prepared for the emerging challenges of the future.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Accela believes in developing and nurturing a workplace community where our differences are celebrated, and everyone feels a sense of psychological safety and belonging. Accela is committed to putting resources and attention towards evolving our practices, policies, and philosophies to enable diversity to thrive and to support equity in opportunity for everyone.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">COMPENSATION AND WELL-BEING</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $120,000 – $150,000. The actual annual base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, training, and experience. In addition to an annual base salary, this role is eligible to earn commissions.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Accela’s U.S. team members will receive a generous benefits package consisting of options including medical, dental, and vision plans, family planning benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, health savings account with company contributions, flexible spending account, life, accident, and disability coverage, business travel insurance, employee assistance programs, and other well-being benefits.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Accela is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and will respond to requests for job accommodations.</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, or based on disability, gender identity, and sexual orientation.</strong></p>