Why Praxent?

We get it. You have options. Let us tell you why we're different. Our work is changing the world of financial services. Everyday, clients arrive with big ideas for their industry. They're experts in their field with the vision and resources you need to change everything. All that's left is the right team to bring that vision to life. If you're a fast learner and you love working on a wide variety of projects, you're going to like it here. We help our clients modernize, rather than rebuild, outdated customer-facing software applications. Our clients see a return within weeks instead of months and that's why they choose us.

At Praxent, we let you do your work your way. We're a team of 120+ located throughout the United States and Central/South America. Our role is to encourage you, support you, and give you the freedom you need to thrive. Whether you're working at home, in a coffee shop, or heck, even on your travels, we're here to create an environment that lets you live your best life. On your terms.

We trust our people to be their best. It's a level of autonomy and respect that's helped us grow a diverse and brilliant team of experts. Experts who also happen to be some of the best colleagues you've ever worked alongside.

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. "Remote" employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice which must be identified to the Company. Employees may live in the following locations: Texas, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, Wisconsin, and Florida.

Your Mission: Ensure successful releases by building trust, framing engagements, and advancing our practices

Win Engagements: Craft approaches in the sales process, eliciting insights, demonstrating expertise, cultivating relationships.
Oversee Delivery: Provide oversight and direction for a portfolio of client engagements.
Deliver Results: Provide end-to-end technical leadership and supervision for projects, navigating scope, risks, and 3rd parties to ensure successful delivery within budget and timeline; also lead the delivery of technically-focused initial engagements such as code audits and POC phases.
Manage Delivery: Ensure all projects in your practice/portfolio are appropriately resourced, performing successfully, and within profitability objectives.
Increase Capacity: Identify and develop training opportunities to increase long-term improvements in delivery.
Advance Capabilities: Lead training efforts for the discipline so that expertise advances with industry.
Cultivate Camaraderie: Ensure that Core Values are living and breathing throughout our practice.
Lead Teams: Ensure successful hiring/contracting, act as a mentor and escalation point for coaches/managers and an example of servant leadership.

Your Day-to-Day

Key Activities: Solution roadmaps that ensure value delivered within budgets, validate technical dependencies, ensure successful infrastructure
How a Current Praxenter Describes The Role: "I'm responsible for both the technical success of specific projects as well as elevating the engineering practice as a whole. The role is a combination of tech lead, manager, mentor, and architect. You will regularly meet with clients and prospective clients to gain an in-depth understanding of the problems that they are trying to solve, and you will translate what you learn into clear and actionable technical requirements that the team can work from. You will also be responsible for helping to build a solid engineering team, both by assisting with the hiring process and by contributing to the training and professional development of the existing team."

Your Qualifications

Technical Proficiency: demonstrable proficiency with all of the following: building attractive user interfaces, building data driven REST APIs, administering databases/cloud/servers. You're an expert in Javascript and .NET programming languages.
Practical Experience: 15+ years professional experience in relevant technology and projects, including framing initial engagements, proofs-of-concepts phases, code auditing, value engineering, system architecture, and software estimation, as well as technical leadership with DevOps and Cloud-Based deployment
Sales Engineering: Experience acting in a solution sales capacity, building trust with prospective clients through insightful and curious collaboration
Services Expertise: Experience delivering business outcomes for clients, managing profitable delivery, and overseeing end-to-end project management within the SDLC
Management Expertise: Experience with leading all aspects of the team-member engagement, including hiring/contracting, interviewing, performance development, etc.
Relevant Education: may include intensive programs, Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a equivalent experience
Values Alignment: We Care Deeply, Always Deliver, Never Settle, Do It Together, Own the Outcome, and approach every situation with a CAN DO mentality - learn more about our Core Values and be sure to let us know which aligns most with your experience!

What You'll Love About Us

Stability. We've been in business for over 20 years.
Work stays at work. We promote a healthy work/life balance to help ensure you have the time that you need. We encourage no more than a 40 hour work week.
Great company culture. We've been recognized by Texas Monthly, Clutch, Comparably, and more for the quality of our workplace. Feel free to check out our rating on Glassdoor.
We're here to enable you. It's your work and your career. Our management team is here to help you become who you want to be. Not to micromanage you.
Stay Healthy. We offer medical, dental, and vision coverage as well as wellness days. We also provide disability insurance and we even have a wellness program.
Plan for the future. We don't want you to work here forever. Save for retirement with an IRA and we'll match up to 3% every year.
We value your ideas. At Praxent, our doors are always open. Need help? Come on in. Have a vision for the future of the company? We'd love to hear it.
Rest and relaxation. Employees enjoy 15 days of PTO, 9 US holidays, 5 wellness days, and a closed office the last week of the year. Employees earn more PTO each year.
You're more than an employee, you're a person. Every co-worker you'll meet is committed to treating you with respect and kindness. You won't hear stuff like, "It's just business."
Family Values. Praxent provides paid parental leave.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $146,376 to $185,887 + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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