Software Engineer Lead

The Lead Software Engineer is a hands on technical leader responsible for guiding the architecture, design, and implementation of cloud-based software as a service applications. This role combines deep technical expertise with team leadership, contributing significantly to the codebase while mentoring engineers and driving engineering excellence. The Lead Software Engineer partners closely with Product Management to refine requirements, lead technical design discussions, ensure high code quality through reviews and standards enforcement, and shepherd features from concept through deployment. This role plays a key part in shaping technical direction and promoting best practices across the engineering organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of scalable, secure, and performant cloud based SaaS applications
• Break down complex initiatives into actionable technical plans
• Identify and proactively address technical debt and system risks
• Contribute high quality code across the stack (React, Node.js, APIs, cloud services)
• Implement complex features and critical system components
• Lead by example in code quality, testing, and documentation practices
• Mentor and coach engineers through code reviews, design feedback, and technical guidance
• Establish and enforce coding standards and best practices
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Partner with Product Management to refine requirements, assess trade offs, and define technical scope
• Collaborate across teams to ensure seamless integration across the product suite
• Communicate technical decisions and rationale clearly to both technical and non technical stakeholders
• Champion modern development practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and observability
• Lead adoption of AI assisted development tools to improve productivity and quality

Who You Are

• Strategic Mindset: You see ahead to future possibilities and translate them into breakthrough strategies.
• Manages Complexity: You make sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Decision Quality: You make good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Drives Results: You consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances.
• Communicates Effectively: You develop and deliver multi mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

All Company Core Competencies

• Customer Focus: You build strong customer relationships and deliver customer centric solutions.
• Cultivates Innovation: You create new and better ways for the organization to be successful.
• Collaborates: You build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Instills Trust: You gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Self Development: You actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.