ABOUT US Do you have a passion for higher education? Do you want to make a positive impact on the college admissions process? Our staff help to remove barriers and encourage students to forge their path to a better future. Common App is a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to the pursuit of access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. Each year we support more than 1 million students, one-third of whom are first-generation, as they apply to our more than 1100 diverse member colleges & universities using the Common App's free online application.  If you are an experienced Team Lead professional and want to be part of a mission-driven non-profit that uses innovative technology to advance the college admission process, Common App may be a great match for you. Common App is currently searching for a Software Engineer, Team Lead. RESPONSIBILITIES Our Software Engineering, Team Lead, reports to our Senior Director, Software Engineering, and is part of a team of engineers designing and developing both web-based and mobile software products for Common App. This role will provide technical guidance and mentor a team of Software Developers while implementing high quality software products that meet the needs of The Common Application community.

• Reports to the Senior Director, Software Engineering, and is part of a team of engineers designing and developing both web-based and mobile software products for Common App. • Provide technical guidance and mentor a team of Software Developers while implementing high quality software products that meet the needs of The Common Application community.

• Design, build, and maintain backend services using modern dotnet. • Implement and evolve APIs (REST and GraphQL) for internal tools, AI agents, and client-facing features. • Build event-driven, cloud-native services on AWS. • Integrate with third-party platforms and external APIs at scale. • Own features end-to-end: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and iteration. • Collaborate closely with product and engineering leadership to shape technical direction. • Participate actively in code reviews, design discussions, and operational improvements.

• Lead the end-to-end product development lifecycle for industrial software solutions, from concept to deployment, ensuring alignment with customer requirements and operational constraints. • Define and oversee software architecture for complex industrial environments, guaranteeing reliability, scalability, and compliance with industry standards. • Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product management, and commercial teams to deliver solutions that meet internal and external customer expectations. • Integrate AI/ML capabilities at a conceptual level, ensuring the team understands and applies relevant algorithms where appropriate with safety-by-design, and work with data scientists. • Act as a technical leader, providing strategic direction and mentoring team members. • Support Consulting Engineers in business line technology strategy definition and Multi-Generational Product Plan (MGPP). • Chair Design reviews for individual components, sub-assemblies and key engineering deliverables at tendering and contract execution stages. • Support Consulting Engineers in governance and trainings to reinforce proper execution of design review guidelines. • Identify, develop, evaluate, and introduce engineering solutions to create market winning proposals in anticipation of business product needs. • Provide key technical direction to large projects during contract execution phase. • Provide technical consultation on product problems throughout the business including supplier and field support and perform technical rescues when needed. • Participate Patent Evaluation Board (PEB) to protect technology that gives the business a competitive advantage, as well as protecting the intellectual property rights of the company. • Represent the business externally at conferences or in professional working bodies (IEC, CIGRE etc) and maintain active relationship with relevant academic institutions to promote research projects and other academic cooperations. • Provide ad-hoc technical guidance to the Engineering/Technology management team as required, e.g., joining customer negotiations or supplier audits. • Support Consulting Engineers to safeguard design qualities. • Organize lessons-learnt in one’s own domain and make sure they are well documented and communicated throughout the organization to prevent repeated mistakes. • Maintain an active role in product introduction, cost improvements, schedule adherence and problem resolution to meet business needs. • Provide technical consultation to cross-functional teams within the business to improve or resolve manufacturing, supply, or field issues. • Develop technical competencies by establishing and delivering structured technical training schemes within one’s own business lines. • Support Consulting Engineers in reviewing Engineering competency frameworks specific to one’s own business line. • Actively support Consulting Engineers with staff development & succession planning. • Participate interviews for promotions or hiring within Engineering/Technology up to the level of Senior Engineer. • Actively mentor and coach identified high potential Engineering talents within one’s business lines.