Software Engineer Team Lead

Lead Team Building Platforms That Welcome Millions

Imagine leading the engineering team behind platforms that help students take their first steps into university life or allow employees to start their careers with confidence. That's what you'll do at Advantage.

We’re the largest provider of interactive online orientation platforms in North America, serving 400+ institutions including Harvard, UCLA, and Florida State University. Our video‑rich platforms welcome over 4.5 million people each year into important life transitions—and we need an experienced engineering leader to guide the talented team that makes it all work.

You’ll lead a close‑knit team of Web Developers who build the core products that thousands of students, employees, and families use every day. Your technical decisions will directly impact:

• Millions of users experiencing critical life transitions
• Product evolution shaping how we scale our mature Microsoft/.NET/Umbraco stack
• Team growth mentoring developers and elevating engineering practices

• Guide and mentor a team of Web Developers in C#, .NET Core, and Umbraco
• Conduct meaningful code reviews that improve quality and share knowledge
• Partner with project managers and producers to plan work and balance priorities across multiple client projects
• Help team members grow through regular feedback, career development, and technical coaching
• Lead team rituals like standups, retrospectives, and knowledge‑sharing sessions

• Provide technical direction for new features and platform enhancements
• Stay hands‑on with complex development work—integrations, performance improvements, challenging features
• Work with clients on implementation planning calls
• Define and evolve coding standards, deployment practices, and branching strategies
• Troubleshoot production issues collaboratively with other teams
• Provide input on technical hiring, onboarding, and team structure

You should be strong in the fundamentals:

• C# and .NET Core / MVC
• Umbraco CMS (or similar .NET‑based CMS like Sitecore or Kentico)
• SQL Server
• Visual Studio

• Git‑based source control
• REST APIs, JSON, AJAX
• IIS hosting

• Several years building and maintaining production web applications professionally
• Strong proficiency in .NET with C#, SQL Server, and Visual Studio
• Hands‑on experience with CMS platforms (Umbraco ideal; Sitecore, Kentico, or custom .NET CMS also work)
• Experience with Azure, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud hosting environments
• Comfort with REST APIs, Git, and common integration patterns

• You have team lead experience managing or guiding other developers
• You’ve completed management training or leadership development programs
• You’ve mentored other developers (formally or informally) and enjoy helping others grow
• You can make technical decisions while considering team capabilities and project constraints
• You’re comfortable being hands‑on when needed—this isn’t a purely managerial role
• You know how to communicate complex technical concepts to both developers and non‑technical stakeholders

• You’re naturally collaborative and work well across technical and creative teams
• You care about end users and the real‑world impact of your work
• You value code quality, maintainability, and continuous improvement
• You’re organized, proactive, and comfortable managing priorities in a dynamic environment
• You approach problems with curiosity rather than frustration

• Experience designing or refactoring applications for scalability and performance
• Knowledge of authentication patterns (SSO, identity providers)
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and performance tuning in Azure
• Understanding of how development teams can work effectively with creative/production teams

We’re a 50‑person team (not a startup, not a corporate giant) that’s been doing this successfully for 26 years. Here’s what makes Advantage different:

• Hybrid work after onboarding (yes, actual hybrid—not ‘hybrid = fully remote’)
• Flex time…