Lead Software Engineer

Must Have Qualifications

The ideal candidate must have strong experience as a technical lead guiding teams of at least ten members with proven leadership skills and the ability to manage daily priorities and resolve conflicts.

• 10 years of related software engineering or technology delivery experience.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS Java and Microservices Architecture.
• Experience using AI for software engineering practices.
• Mortgage industry experience is a plus.

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead multiple agile squads responsible for delivering modern full-stack application capabilities including user-facing applications APIs microservices integration services platform modernization and production enhancements.
• Provide technical direction across squads by guiding solution design reviewing implementation approaches and helping teams make scalable secure resilient and maintainable engineering decisions.
• Partner closely with Product Owners architecture business stakeholders and cross-functional technology teams to align priorities manage dependencies and deliver business outcomes.
• Drive the design and implementation of Java-based microservices REST APIs front-end applications and integration services using modern technologies such as Java Spring Boot AWS Angular or React SQL relational databases CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
• Create proofs of concept demos and prototypes to evaluate emerging technologies validate new ideas and accelerate adoption of modern engineering patterns and platform capabilities.
• Establish and reinforce software engineering standards including scalable design code quality automated testing peer reviews deployment discipline application security and operational readiness.
• Ensure solutions are designed and delivered with appropriate compliance auditability security resiliency accessibility and production support considerations.
• Oversee engineering production support by strengthening incident triage root-cause analysis observability recovery practices and continuous improvement of application and platform reliability.
• Manage mentor and develop engineering talent through coaching performance management hiring delegation and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of ownership collaboration continuous improvement and accountability while identifying opportunities to improve delivery efficiency and engineering outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10 years of related software engineering or technology delivery experience including at least 2 years of people management and leadership experience developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Demonstrated experience leading multiple agile squads and delivering complex technology initiatives across full-stack applications APIs microservices platform modernization integration services and production enhancements.
• Required hands-on or technical leadership experience with:
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • REST APIs
  • Microservices Architecture
  • AWS / Cloud-native application development
  • Angular or React
  • SQL
  • Relational Databases
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Automated Testing Frameworks
• Strong background in full-stack software engineering application architecture API design enterprise integration patterns application security performance resiliency and delivery of scalable digital products for business and end-user needs.
• Experience establishing and applying software engineering standards including scalable design code quality automated testing peer reviews deployment discipline compliance standards auditability and production readiness.
• Proven ability to provide technical direction evaluate solution options guide architecture and implementation decisions and create proofs of concept or demos to validate new ideas and emerging technologies.
• Experience managing engineering production support responsibilities including incident triage root-cause analysis resiliency improvements observability and continuous improvement of application and platform reliability.
• Strong leadership skills including hiring coaching mentoring delegation performance management talent development and succession planning.
• Ability to manage dependencies with vendors Product Owners architecture teams business stakeholders and internal engineering teams to deliver software solutions effectively.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or a related technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education training and work experience. Advanced degree preferred.

Keys to Success in This Role

• Provide practical technical direction that helps teams make sound design implementation testing and production readiness decisions.
• Build and develop strong engineering talent through coaching mentoring delegation feedback and succession planning.
• Create a team environment that promotes ownership accountability collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Maintain focus on production quality platform resiliency auditability and operational excellence throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
• Communicate effectively with Product Owners architecture partners business stakeholders and engineering teams to align expectations and remove delivery blockers.
• Use data engineering metrics and lessons learned from production support to improve team performance delivery predictability and platform reliability.
• Bring strong discipline across multiple agile squads by setting clear priorities managing dependencies and keeping teams focused on delivery outcomes.