Head of Software Engineering

Title: Head of Software Engineering

Function: Technology

Reports to: Chief Growth & Strategy Officer

Level: Director

Location: Addison, TX (4 days/week in-office required)

Please note:

This position is open to candidates within commuting distance to the DFW metro area only. Applicants must reside in Texas and be authorized to work in the United States. Applications from candidates outside of Texas will not be considered at this time. While we appreciate interest from all applicants, Braviant Holdings is unable to sponsor visas at this time.

Founded in 2015 and based in Chicago, IL, privately held Braviant Holdings, LLC is a leading provider of tech‑enabled consumer credit products that combine breakthrough technology and cutting‑edge machine learning to transform how people access credit online. Our next‑generation approach to lending reduces credit barriers and creates a Path to Prime — helping millions of underbanked consumers build credit history, reduce their cost of borrowing, and take control of their personal finances.

Braviant has been named multiple times to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies and has been recognized as a Best Place to Work.

We are a lean team of approximately 40 people who move fast and hold ourselves accountable for real outcomes. Everyone here rolls up their sleeves — including this role.

Braviant is looking for a hands‑on engineering leader to own our full‑stack application development function. You will serve as both the primary software architect and the engineering manager for a team of 6–8 full‑stack developers and QA engineers, responsible for our consumer lending platform across its full lifecycle — from front‑end Angular interfaces to back‑end Java/Spring Boot services to cloud infrastructure on AWS.

This is not a purely managerial role. We expect you to stay deeply technical: conducting architecture and code reviews, prototyping solutions, and being the person the team turns to when the hardest problems surface. You will bring the judgment to assess our current architecture — a complex, 30+ microservice environment — and develop and execute a pragmatic plan to simplify it and reduce release friction over time.

This role is Addison, TX‑based with a 4-day in‑office requirement. The team is currently based primarily in Chicago and it might require up to 20% of travel initially. You will be the on‑the‑ground engineering leader helping establish the engineering culture.

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Serve as Braviant’s primary software architect — owning system design, technology choices, and engineering standards across all application layers.

• Assess the current architecture (30+ microservices, Java/Spring Boot back end, Angular front end, AWS) and develop a pragmatic rationalization roadmap to reduce complexity and improve deployability.

• Stay close to the codebase: lead architecture reviews, conduct meaningful code reviews, and prototype solutions to de‑risk key technical decisions.

• Own high‑availability design for loan origination, payment processing, and transaction workflows, targeting 99.9%+ uptime SLAs.

• Define and evolve CI/CD pipeline strategy, release practices, and engineering quality standards.

AI‑Native Development Transformation

• Lead the transition to an AI‑native development model — embedding AI‑assisted development tools (Git Hub Copilot, Cursor, agentic coding frameworks) into how the team designs, builds, tests, and ships software every day.

• Partner with the Head of AI & Automation to identify where AI‑generated code, automated testing, and LLM‑powered tooling can meaningfully accelerate delivery and reduce QA burden.

• Champion engineering practices that make AI tooling safe and auditable in a regulated consumer lending environment.

Engineering Delivery

• Own end‑to‑end software development for consumer‑facing and internal applications — from requirements through deployment and support.

• Manage the full stack:
  Angular front end, Java/Spring Boot microservices, AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, SQS, Cloud Watch, Code Build), and database layers.

• Own the QA function within the engineering team; define the…