Lead Full Stack Engineer Job Covington Kentucky USA,Software Development

Location

Louisville, KY or Dallas, TX (Work At Home with occasional office visits)

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Strategy
- Lead full stack engineering strategy and execution across UI, APIs, and data platforms
- Define architectural direction and ensure high standards for code quality, scalability, and maintainability
- Select frameworks, languages, and platforms across front-end, back-end, APIs, and data layers
- Approve architectural patterns (monolith vs. microservices, cloud strategy, and integrations)
- Identify opportunities to refactor, modernize, or retire legacy systems
Delivery Execution & Prioritization
- Drive consistent delivery across multiple engineering teams through:
  Sprint planning and execution
- Dependency management
- Risk mitigation
- Removal of technical and organizational blockers
- Prioritize feature development, platform investments, and technical debt across teams
- Make trade-offs on scope, timelines, and resource allocation
- Balance short-term business needs with long-term platform health
- Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery that builds stakeholder confidence
Quality, Security & Risk Management
- Define and enforce quality standards including testing, code reviews, and performance benchmarks
- Establish release readiness criteria and approve production deployments
- Guide security, compliance, and data protection strategies
- Mitigate risk and ensure system stability, reliability, and regulatory alignment
Production Support & Incident Leadership
- Serve as the senior escalation point for critical system issues
- Diagnose and resolve complex cross-stack production incidents
- Lead decisions during incidents (rollback, hotfix, or root-cause remediation)
- Direct engineering resources during high-severity events
- Drive long-term solutions to reduce incident frequency and improve system resilience
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence
- Partner with Product, UX, QA, Platform teams, Architects, Directors, and VPs to:
  Shape roadmaps and align priorities
- Translate business requirements into technical execution plans
- Refine requirements and reduce ambiguity
- Coordinate cross-team dependencies
- Advocate for clarity and feasibility in requirements, addressing risks early
- Influence strategic direction, technical investments, and delivery expectations
- Communicate risks, trade-offs, and system impacts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Operational Excellence & Investment Decisions
- Drive decisions on investment in automation, tooling, observability, and platform improvements
- Lead initiatives to reduce operational toil and improve developer experience
- Optimize engineering processes to increase efficiency and scalability
Talent Development & Team Leadership
- Mentor and develop tech leads and senior engineers
- Provide ongoing coaching, feedback, and performance guidance
- Identify promotion readiness and address performance gaps
- Influence hiring strategies and succession planning
- Build and sustain high-performing, engaged engineering teams
Strategic Initiatives
- Lead application rationalization efforts, including:
  Onboarding to new APIs
- Eliminating vendor-based products
- Guide Cloud 3.0 migration initiatives:
  Lead lift-and-shift efforts from Cloud 1.0 to Cloud 3.0 infrastructure
- Support modernization toward cloud-native architectures

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred)
8+ years of progressive IT experience, including senior-level development on large-scale systems
2+ years of experience leading engineering teams or major technical initiatives
Proven experience in full stack development (UI, backend services, APIs, data layers)
Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns and cloud platforms
Passion for improving consumer experiences through technology

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