About the position
Lessen is the tech-enabled, end-to-end property service provider that is transforming how commercial and residential real estate services are delivered and managed at scale. Lessen’s technology platform provides data-driven insights that unlock key growth opportunities for the entire real estate ecosystem—including investors, owners, managers, and service providers. The company leverages a network of over 30,000 vetted, qualified vendors (Lessen Affiliates) serving clients with over 1 million properties and completing more than 3.5 million work orders annually across an expanding range of services. Lessen, LLC is a venture-backed, privately held company with offices in Scottsdale and Chicago. This role is based in Chicago , working in the office on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Job Summary The Senior Software Developer supports the Product and Technology Department by managing day-to-day activities within the organization's software development function. Senior Software Developer is part of an agile development team building and working on enterprise-grade software. Senior Software Developer is involved in all areas of development, from design to development to testing. They lead a small team of Software Developers.
Responsibilities
• Oversee the work of a team responsible for designing, building, testing, deploying, maintaining, and supporting applications or systems software.
• Work to establish functional requirements and reviews solutions to ensure organizational needs are met.
• Select and oversee implementation of one or more software development methodologies.
• Develop short- and long-term product roadmaps to ensure continuous improvement of software.
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code.
• Prepare and install solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards and programming
• Improve operations by conducting system analysis, recommending changes in policies and procedures
• Protect operations by keeping information confidential
• Mentor junior developers
• Keep up to date on the newest technological innovations in the field and be ready to apply relevant innovations.
• Optimize new and existing applications.
• Foster a positive team environment
• Ensure confidentiality of internal and external data
• Perform ad-hoc projects and other duties as assigned
Requirements
• Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented and service-oriented application development techniques and theories
• Solid understanding of relational database design and querying concepts
• Exposure to Microsoft .NET development using C#, or JAVA or other major languages
• Exposure to web development using HTML5, CSS and JavaScript
• Familiar with Design Pattern, algorithm
• Knowledge of client/server application development
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies
• Knowledge of unit testing theory
• Experienced with source control management systems and continuous integration/deployment environments
• Experienced with debugging, performance profiling and optimization
• Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment
• Strong communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders
• Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or with equivalent professional experience
• Fluent in English and Mandarin preferred
• 5+ years of experience as a software developer
Benefits
• Competitive compensation
• Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability options
• 401K retirement savings plan
• Paid vacation, federal and floating holidays
• Maternity/Paternity Pay
• Career advancement opportunities
• All the tools you'll need to be successful
