Lead Software Engineer

JOB TITLE:

Lead EngineerFLSA STATUS:
Exempt DEPARTMENT:  Software Engineering

REPORTS TO:

Software Engineering Manager

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Yes

JOB LOCATION:

Remote TRAVEL:  Occasional for conferences, strategic planning sessions, and key stakeholder meetingsSUMMARY OF POSITION:

You will contribute to product decisions, influencing technical direction across products and solutions. Your work will shape how we build, scale, and modernize our products while maintaining security, reliability, and operational excellence. This role demands leadership within the product delivery life cycle as well as hands-on technical capability.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Champion the organization’s technology architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with business objectives

Serve as the technical lead for one or more products on architectural and development decisions

Establish architectural and development principles, patterns, and decision frameworks that guide your team Communicate complex architecture and solutions clearly and persuasively to audiences ranging from engineers to product owners and business leaders

Design complex, enterprise-scale software solutions that are secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective

Build flexible integrations to facilitate data transformation across internal and external systems

Adopt and extend infrastructure-as-code from reference implementations

Lead proof-of-concept initiatives to demonstrate viability and provide implementation guidance

Conduct deep-dive technical reviews of existing systems, identifying optimization opportunities, technical debt, and modernization priorities

Participate in hands-on development, providing technical guidance and removing blockers as part of an engineering team Drive initiatives that enhance software maturity, operational excellence, and engineering productivity

Identify opportunities for automation, standardization, and simplification that reduce complexity and increase velocity

Apply coding standards and techniques to build clean, efficient, maintainable, scalable software

Actively participate in code reviews and collaborate with team members to refine system designs and resolve issues

Manage execution of deliverables accurately through the software development life cycle, escalating issues or impediments as needed

Participate in working sessions to demonstrate incremental changes and evaluate readiness for delivery

Collaborate with Product Team by providing technical insight for refinement and planning

Consult with Quality Engineers in resolution of observations and defects

Build and maintain automated tests, including unit and integration tests, to ensure that written code performs as intended

Monitor and support software to meet service-level agreements (SLAs)
Stay informed about relevant technologies through independent research and share insight with the team MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE):

Education and Experience Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline; or equivalent demonstrated experience
10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, or related technical leadership roles

Proven track record architecting and developing large-scale, production-grade software in enterprise environments

Demonstrated experience successfully influencing technical direction as a member of a team, with or without direct authority

History of leading software delivery initiatives from concept through delivery, including product modernization and integration programs

Excellent verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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