Our Purpose
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Lead Software Engineer
Lead Software Developer – Job Description Summary
Overview
The Lead Software Developer is a technical leader responsible for designing, developing, and delivering scalable, secure, and high-performing software solutions while providing technical leadership across engineering teams. This role combines deep hands-on development expertise with architectural leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration to drive successful product delivery and technology innovation. The individual serves as a subject matter expert, influences technical strategy, promotes engineering best practices, and guides teams in building resilient, cloud-native applications.
Role
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise-scale software solutions.
- Define application architecture, technology standards, and engineering best practices.
- Drive technical design discussions and architectural decisions across multiple teams.
- Develop and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure microservices-based platforms.
- Perform code reviews and ensure adherence to quality, security, and performance standards.
- Mentor and coach engineers, fostering technical excellence and continuous learning.
- Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Operations, and Business stakeholders to deliver strategic initiatives.
- Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of complex production issues.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and drive innovation through Proof of Concepts (PoCs).
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Required Technical Expertise
- AI & Intelligent Solutions: AI solution architecture, enterprise AI integration, prompt engineering, AI governance, and AI-powered automation and productivity solutions.
- Application Development & Design: Advanced Java development, Spring Boot, object-oriented design and programming, SOLID principles, design patterns, and Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
- Distributed Systems & Microservices: Distributed systems architecture, microservices architecture, event-driven architecture, service discovery, circuit breakers, resilience patterns, and scalable system design.
- API & Integration Engineering: RESTful API development, API gateway patterns, API security (OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect), and integration with enterprise platforms and external services.
- Engineering Excellence: Code quality, technical debt management, performance engineering, scalability, and software architecture best practices.
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Preferred Experience
- 10+ years of software development experience.
- 3+ years in a technical lead or lead developer role.
- Proven experience building enterprise-scale distributed systems.
- Strong track record of leading architecture and modernization initiatives.
