Lead Engineer , Development

Position: Lead Engineer I, Development
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KPMG is currently seeking a Lead Engineer I, Software Developer to join our Ignition Tax Product organization. This is a hybrid work opportunity out of our Denver or Ignition Atlanta location.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with product owners and data scientists to translate business needs into AI‑powered features and APIsArchitect, develop, and maintain scalable microservices for model inference (on Azure or similar)
Build and maintain client‑facing web apps in Angular + Type Script, Python or .NET Framework/C# backend services and APIs, secure SQL databases (T‑SQL, schema design, stored procs)
Leverage Azure services (App Services, Functions, SQL Database, Dev Ops) for deployment, scaling and monitoring

Integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) and other AI services (such as Azure OpenAI, Custom Models Serving) into our front‑end and back‑end systems

Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

Minimum five years of recent experience in software development and systems architecture

Master's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred;
Minimum of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, engineering or related field is required Solid understanding of software engineering such as microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, authentication/authorization

Experience building enterprise systems using Python, .NET, C#, Angular, SQL and Azure is preferred

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