Developer Team Lead

Navigate360 Summary

Every child deserves to feel safe at school every single day, and this requires a layered, holistic approach to safety and well-being. That is why Navigate360 developed a platform of solutions tailored to the unique needs of schools and educators. Focusing on school administrators’ challenges in keeping students and staff safe, both physically and psychologically, we provide solutions that enable effective safety, intervention, culture, and climate programs

Position Overview

We are seeking a Developer Team Lead with a strong background in full-stack development and a passion for leading high-performing Scrum teams. In this role, you will combine hands-on development with technical leadership, ensuring best practices, quality standards, and team collaboration are consistently upheld.

As a Developer Team Lead, you will mentor team members, manage deployments, drive technical solutions, and collaborate closely with product, DevOps, and architecture teams to deliver scalable, maintainable applications.

Duties / Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Define and implement robust, scalable, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Promote adherence to coding standards, security practices, and architectural principles.
• Proactively identify and address technical debt to maintain a clean and scalable codebase.

Mentorship & Team Development

• Provide mentorship, guidance, and support to developers of varying experience levels.
• Foster a collaborative environment with an emphasis on continuous learning, pair programming, and cross-functional communication.
• Assist in onboarding new team members and ramping them up on the team's tech stack and processes.

Scrum Process Facilitation

• Support the Scrum process by co-leading sprint planning (second half), retrospectives, and Daily Scrums.
• Help ensure sprint goals are achieved and blockers are swiftly removed.
• Partner with the Product Owner to prioritize work and maintain team focus.

Release & Deployment Management

• Oversee the release process, ensuring smooth and successful deployments.
• Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams to resolve deployment issues and improve CI/CD processes.
• Maintain and communicate release schedules in coordination with the Product team.

Architectural Collaboration

• Work closely with architects to define the technical roadmap and implement scalable solutions.
• Ensure developed systems align with architectural vision and standards.
• Provide input on technical design and participate in architectural reviews.

Problem Solving & Blocker Removal

• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for the team.
• Quickly identify risks and work cross-functionally to resolve them.
• Facilitate brainstorming and solutions for complex or ambiguous technical problems.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in web application development.
• Strong proficiency with:
• PHP, Object-Oriented PHP (OOPHP)
• MySQL and relational database concepts
• JavaScript, jQuery
• HTML/PHP templating systems
• Experience with Jira or similar Agile project management tools.
• Deep understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Familiarity with Learning Resource Management Systems (LRMs) or content management systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Scrum Master Certification (CSM or equivalent).
• Experience with database performance tuning and optimization.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code quality tools.
• Familiarity with containerization tools such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

Normal Working Hours and Conditions: Core business hours are generally 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. However, this position will require work to be performed outside of normal business hours based on Company operations.

Physical Requirements: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting including verbally communicating, seeing, and hearing to exchange information and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard. Daily physical functions include standing, sitting, and walking for prolonged periods of time and occasionally stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, reaching, and twisting. The employee may engage in lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling light to moderate amounts of weight up to 25 pounds. The position also requires the operation of office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement.