About this role
Technical Lead
Johnson Controls (JCI) is searching for a highly skilled and experienced Technical Lead to lead a team of developers and testers on the construction of JCI’s internal and customer facing web and mobile applications. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of technical leadership capable of driving development and testing efforts in an agile environment.
Responsibilities
The Technical Lead will provide technical leadership as we design and build robust, elastic, and maintainable mobile and web-based applications. You must be a self-starter having a thorough understanding of Spring Boot, REST and SOAP services, ReactJS, Oracle or comparable RDBMS systems, SQL, Microsoft Azure software development and deployment tools, design patterns, and deployment strategies.
You will report to the Customer Experience Engineering Manager and work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Master, Solutions Delivery Leads, Solutions Architects, and partner companies as we deliver fresh and modern customer experience portals and mobile solutions to Johnson Controls North America customers.
The following areas are expected of the Technical Lead:
• Technical Leadership: Lead end-to-end design, development, and deployment of scalable web applications using modern front-end (ReactJS), back-end (Java/Spring Boot), RDBMS (Preferably Oracle) technologies.
• Architecture & Strategy: Define system architecture, ensure code quality, and drive adoption of best practices in performance, security, and maintainability.
• Team Management: Lead developers and testers, conduct code reviews, and foster a collaborative environment to deliver projects on time.
• Innovation & Upskilling: Stay updated with emerging technologies, introduce new tools/frameworks, and upskill the team to maintain a competitive edge.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required, specializing in computer science, engineering, or related field
• Minimum 8+ years of experience leading technical teams and architecting web and mobile applications
• Strong experience with building complex web and mobile applications using onshore and offshore developers
• Strong experience with providing technical guidelines to developers and performing code reviews
• Strong experience with ReactJS and Spring Boot development
• Strong experience in design, construction, and deployment of REST and SOAP services
• Strong experience with Oracle or comparable RDMBS, SQL, and creating stored procedures
• Experience with cloud platforms (with a strong preference for Microsoft Azure)
• Experience with Microsoft Azure App Services, REDIS cache, and other cloud-based development tools
• Experience with AI development tools, e.g. GitHub Copilot
• Experience with incorporating Okta authentication and authorization into web and mobile applications
• Experience with troubleshooting and solving application memory and performance issues
• Experience with WebSphere Portal (HCL DX), WebSphere Application Server, and WebSphere Content Manager, a plus
• Experience with JavaServer Pages (JSP) and JavaServer Faces (JSF), a plus
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development practices and concepts
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Experience and desire to work within a fast-paced, iterative development environment