Lead Software Development Engineer

Work Schedule

This is a full time, exempt (salaried) position assigned to a First Shift schedule, with standard business hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in your local time zone. Business needs may occasionally require flexibility in work hours, including earlier, later, or additional hours, with reasonable notice provided when possible. Applicants who live within 35 miles of Durham, NC location will follow a hybrid schedule.

This schedule includes a minimum of three in-office days per week at an assigned location, supporting both collaboration and flexibility.

• Lead design and development of scalable enterprise applications and RESTful APIs
• Define and enforce architecture standards for microservices and cloud-native platforms
• Develop Full Stack services in Polyglot fashion
• Develop AI stack architecture working with various model serving platforms, e.g., Tensor Flow Serving
• Collaborate with Product, QA, Dev Ops, and business stakeholders in Agile teams
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines using CI/CD tools
• Implement test-driven development and maintain high code quality standards
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across teams
• Leverage AI tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, Replit) to improve development productivity and quality

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 10 or more years’ of experience in software development
• 10 or more years’ of experience developing enterprise applications using Java or Python
• 3 or more years’ of experience designing large-scale application architectures
• 3 or more years’ of experience building RESTful APIs and microservices
• 3 or more years’ of experience working with Spring Framework (Spring Boot, MVC, Security)
• 3 or more years’ of experience using CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Maven or Gradle, Git)
• 2 or more years’ of Machine Learning Ops (ML Ops) design, development and implementation
• 1 or more years’ of experience working with cloud platforms (AWS or similar)
• Current or prior Labcorp experience

• 2 or more years’ of experience with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes or Open Shift)
• 2 or more years’ of experience with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)
• 2 or more years’ of experience with messaging services such as SQS, Kafka, IBM MQ, or Kinesis
• 2 or more years’ of experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• 1 or more years’ of experience with No
  
  SQL databases (MongoDB or DynamoDB)
• 1 or more years’ of experience building front-end applications using Angular, HTML5, CSS3, and Java Script
• 1 or more years’ of experience integrating AI tools into software development workflows
• 1 or more years’ of experience with automated testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito)

• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in Agile/Scrum environments
• Ability to collaborate across cross‑functional teams
• Capability to mentor and guide engineering teams

Pay Range: $120K/yr to $160K/yr. Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan.

Employees who are regularly scheduled to work a 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO.

Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.