Job description

Leads Netsmart’s software engineering teams to deliver high‑quality, scalable solutions by driving technical excellence, continuous improvement, and effective execution across projects, processes, and product roadmaps. This is an onsite role in our Overland Park, KS office location. Responsibilities Provide technical leadership, coaching and guidance to team of software development professionals. Maximize the capability and capacity of resources to deliver high quality solutions on time and within scope. Identify opportunities to practice and champion continuous improvement through projects, productivity assessments and other metric-driven insights. Manage to, and report on operational metrics and status. This is including but not limited to queue churn, trending, resource utilization, risk assessment and mitigation, project initiatives, and department-related data elements. Make timely and effective decisions to ensure the team continues to move forward while balancing current and future roadmap objectives Lead change initiatives and develop strategies to support change in engineering processes and strategy Accountable for resources’ ability to improve knowledge and skills required for software development teams to advance and leverage the latest in programming languages, industry standards and software development methodologies. Responsible for establishing and managing to financial budgets This position may require availability outside of standard business hours as part of a rotational on-call schedule Qualifications Required Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience At least 5 years of technical experience in software development At least 3 years of large, complex project management experience At least 2 years of leading a team of technical staff At least 2 years of experience with full lifecycle development and using Agile methods Preferred Experience designing, building and operating – secure, scalable and highly available web and mobile applications, large-scale distributed systems using service-oriented architecture and message queue architecture – in the cloud Understanding of cloud-based SaaS architectures – involves designing elastic solutions, distributed state, availability, scalability, etc. Adept in Object Oriented Design Excellent analytical, design and troubleshooting skills #LI-KG1 Netsmart is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all associates. All employment decisions at Netsmart, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion and transfer, are based on performance, qualifications, abilities, education and experience. Netsmart does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Netsmart desires to provide a healthy and safe workplace and, as a government contractor, Netsmart is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace in accordance with applicable federal law. Pursuant to Netsmart policy, all post-offer candidates are required to successfully complete a pre-employment background check, including a drug screen, which is provided at Netsmart’s sole expense. In the event a candidate tests positive for a controlled substance, Netsmart will rescind the offer of employment unless the individual can provide proof of valid prescription to Netsmart’s third party screening provider. If you are located in a state which grants you the right to receive information on salary range, pay scale, description of benefits or other compensation for this position, please use this form to request details which you may be legally entitled. All applicants for employment must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Netsmart does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position. Netsmart s Job Applicant Privacy Notice may be found here .

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Must-haves

Leads Netsmart’s software engineering teams to deliver high‑quality, scalable solutions by driving technical excellence, continuous improvement, and effective execution across projects, processes, and product roadmaps.
This is an onsite role in our Overland Park, KS office location.
Provide technical leadership, coaching and guidance to team of software development professionals.
Maximize the capability and capacity of resources to deliver high quality solutions on time and within scope.
Identify opportunities to practice and champion continuous improvement through projects, productivity assessments and other metric-driven insights.
Make timely and effective decisions to ensure the team continues to move forward while balancing current and future roadmap objectives
Lead change initiatives and develop strategies to support change in engineering processes and strategy
Responsible for establishing and managing to financial budgets
This position may require availability outside of standard business hours as part of a rotational on-call schedule
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
At least 5 years of technical experience in software development
At least 3 years of large, complex project management experience
At least 2 years of leading a team of technical staff
At least 2 years of experience with full lifecycle development and using Agile methods
All applicants for employment must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Netsmart does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position.
Netsmart s Job Applicant Privacy Notice may be found here .

Nice-to-haves

Understanding of cloud-based SaaS architectures – involves designing elastic solutions, distributed state, availability, scalability, etc.
Adept in Object Oriented Design
Excellent analytical, design and troubleshooting skills

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agile

Platform: workday
Effort: long