The Role
As a Lead Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software applications using React and TypeScript. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features while ensuring the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications. This position requires a deep understanding of software engineering principles and a passion for developing scalable and efficient software solutions.
What You’ll Do
• Develop and maintain web applications using React and TypeScript.
• Design and optimize Single Page Applications (SPAs) using Micro-frontend architecture.
• Build responsive and dynamic user interfaces with React.js, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Write robust unit tests using testing frameworks like Jest or React Testing Library.
• Work with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery tools such as Jenkins.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and other stakeholders.
• Implement RESTful APIs and integrate third-party services.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following industry best practices.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and documentation processes.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, frameworks, and front-end development best practices.
What You’ll Bring
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of experience in software development.
• Proven experience working in product-based companies, contributing to product development, enhancement, and scaling (end-to-end product lifecycle management).
• Strong proficiency in React.js, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, Redux, REST API integration, and Next.js (a plus).
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Redis.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful API development and integration.
• Experience with search and analytics engines like Elasticsearch.
• Hands-on experience with unit and integration testing.
• Familiarity with DevOps & CI/CD tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure DevOps.
• Ensure high performance, scalability, and security of applications.
• Proficiency with version control systems such as Git (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket).
• Experience with Agile methodologies, TDD, and peer code reviews.
• Ability to mentor junior developers and collaborate with UX/UI designers and product teams.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.
• Strong communication, teamwork, and leadership abilities.
• Ability to work independently and take full ownership of assigned projects.
Knowledge of the following technologies is a plus:
• Experience with GraphQL, WebSocket, or SignalR.
• Knowledge or hands-on experience with back-end technologies such as Node.js, Express.js, Python (FastAPI/Django/Flask), Java (Spring Boot/Jersey), or .NET (C#, ASP.NET, WebAPI, .NET Core).
• Understanding of Microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with Angular.
• Experience in designing complex application and system architectures.
• Working knowledge of message queues like RabbitMQ or Amazon SQS.
• Experience with Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) or On-Premise Data Centers.
Top Skills
What We Do
Solera is a leading global provider of integrated vehicle lifecycle and fleet management software-as-a-service, data, and services. Through four lines of business – vehicle claims, vehicle repairs, vehicle solutions and fleet solutions – Solera is home to many leading brands in the vehicle lifecycle ecosystem, including Identifix, Audatex, DealerSocket, Omnitracs, eDriving/Mentor, Explore, CAP HPI, Autodata, and others. Solera empowers its customers to succeed in the digital age by providing them with a “one-stop shop” solution that streamlines operations, offers data-driven analytics, and enhances customer engagement, which Solera believes helps customers drive sales, promote customer retention, and improve profit margins. Solera serves over 300,000 global customers and partners in 100+ countries. For more information, visit www.solera.com.
