Lead Software Engineer

Position Overview

Join the Follett Team, where employees are valued, respected, and offered career paths throughout its many campus locations.

Follett serves over half of the students in the United States and works with 80,000 schools as a leading provider of education technology, services and print and digital content. We're higher education's largest campus retailer and a hub for school spirit and community as we operate nearly 1,200 local campus stores and over 1,600 virtual stores across the continent. We take pride in the fact that for more than 140 years, we have been helping to improve people's lives by supporting a lifetime of learning and education.

The Lead Software Engineer is responsible for guiding a high-performing engineering team in delivering scalable, reliable software solutions. This role involves providing technical leadership, contributing to software architecture decisions, and supporting system integrations and application development. The Lead Software Engineer collaborates closely with cross-functional partners to ensure alignment with business goals while maintaining a strong focus on code quality, performance, and timely delivery.

Responsibilities

Project Delivery :

• Lead the planning and execution of software projects, coordinating team efforts to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality features.
• Actively contribute to coding and development tasks, demonstrating technical expertise and a hands-on approach.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, adherence to coding standards, and knowledge sharing within the team.

Technical Leadership :

Stakeholder Collaboration :

Operational Excellence :