Development Team Lead

The Development Team Lead leads a team of software engineers building and maintaining Xactimate Desktop, a large, mature C#/.NET and WPF application. Reporting to the Software Development Manager, the Team Lead spends most of their time setting direction, developing people, removing obstacles, and ensuring the team delivers high-quality software predictably. They remain hands-on for roughly a third of their time, which keeps their technical judgment sharp and lets them model the practices they expect of the team. A central part of this role is leading the team’s adoption of AI-assisted development. The Team Lead champions practical, everyday use of AI coding tools, builds the habits and guardrails that make those tools effective on a large legacy codebase, and measures their impact on productivity and quality. Success requires strong technical depth, clear communication, and the ability to bring a team along through change. Required Qualifications 5+ years of professional software development experience with deep, hands-on technical proficiency. Demonstrated ability (or strong aptitude) to lead software engineers, whether as a team lead or as a senior or technical lead who guided others’ work. Strong experience with C#/.NET, and experience with WPF and MVVM or comparable desktop UI frameworks. Familiarity with CI/CD tooling such as TeamCity. A track record of delivering high-quality software on schedule while upholding engineering standards. Fluency with agile methods (Scrum or Kanban) and iterative, incremental delivery. Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to work independently and drive outcomes. A product- and user-centered mindset in engineering decisions. Coachability, openness to feedback, and a record of reliability. Genuine curiosity about AI-assisted development and a willingness to lead others through changes in how they work. Preferred Qualifications Hands-on experience using AI coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) in professional development work. Experience introducing new tools or practices to a team and measuring their impact on productivity or quality. Experience working in a large, long-lived codebase, including refactoring, improving test coverage, or modernization efforts. Experience collaborating with distributed teams across time zones. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience. #LI-LM03 #LI-Hybrid