Lead Software Engineer
Job Location:
Houston, MS - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 117300 - 161300
Posted:
11 October 2026 (8 hours ago)
Application Deadline:
8 January 2027
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Lead Software Engineer
Location: Dallas Chicago Houston or New York Hybrid typically onsite Monday-Wednesday core hours on Central or Eastern time Full-time permanent
Base salary: Dallas and Houston $117300-$161300; Chicago $122900-$169000; New York $134000-$184300
About the Company
Our client is a global law firm whose in-house engineering team builds enterprise-grade and greenfield applications React and Azure.
About the Role
As Lead Software Engineer youll be the technical lead for a full-stack team while still writing production code. Youll steer architecture and engineering practices run code reviews and coach other engineers with no direct reports. Youll partner with product design and business teams to scope build and ship features that hold up at scale.
What Youll Do
What You Bring
Nice to Have
Location: Dallas Chicago Houston or New York Hybrid typically onsite Monday-Wednesday core hours on Central or Eastern time Full-time permanent
Base salary: Dallas and Houston $117300-$161300; Chicago $122900-$169000; New York $134000-$184300
About the Company
Our client is a global law firm whose in-house engineering team builds enterprise-grade and greenfield applications React and Azure.
About the Role
As Lead Software Engineer youll be the technical lead for a full-stack team while still writing production code. Youll steer architecture and engineering practices run code reviews and coach other engineers with no direct reports. Youll partner with product design and business teams to scope build and ship features that hold up at scale.
What Youll Do
- Build and evolve scalable full-stack applications: .NET services and a TypeScript React and front end all on Azure
- Drive technical decisions on architecture design patterns and engineering practices
- Review code for quality security and performance
- Coach and develop junior and mid-level engineers
- Work with product managers designers and business stakeholders to scope and deliver features
- Find and fix bottlenecks in database queries front-end rendering and API calls
- Keep applications secure from authentication and authorization to data protection
- Partner with DevOps on CI/CD pipelines and automated Azure deployments
- Track emerging tools and make the case for the ones worth adopting
What You Bring
- 5 years of full-stack software development
- Deep experience React TypeScript and Azure; strong engineers from comparable stacks who ramp quickly will be considered
- Lead or mentoring experience including code reviews and technical design
- Solid command of design patterns and scalable application architecture
- RESTful API and microservices design
- Hands-on database work with SQL Server PostgreSQL or NoSQL
- Git and Agile delivery
- Enterprise-grade application and greenfield build experience
- Clear communication with non-technical stakeholders sound judgment and discretion with confidential information
- Organized and detail-oriented comfortable juggling competing deadlines
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience
- Authorization to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future
Nice to Have
- Docker Kubernetes or Azure Container Apps
- Serverless and cloud-native architecture
- Unit testing frameworks and automated testing
- Azure or related certifications
- AI development or AI tools in your development workflow
Required Experience:
IC