Software Engineer Lead

Software Engineer Lead

Location: PA - Pittsburgh, TX - Dallas, OH - Strongsville, OH - Cleveland, AZ - Phoenix, AL – Birmingham Work Status: 5 Days Onsite Duration: Contract to Hire Years Of Experience Required: 8+ Years Industry Background: Banking / Finance Function of the Group: Revenue Support

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Lead the design and development of end-to-end application features across backend services (Java 21) and frontend applications (Angular).
• Own architecture decisions spanning APIs, UI state management, performance, security, and scalability.
• Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and best practices across both backend and frontend stacks.

Backend Responsibilities (Java)

• Design and implement backend services using Java (17/21+), Spring Boot, and related Spring frameworks.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and service integrations consumed by Angular frontends.
• Lead backend architecture using microservices, event-driven designs, and cloud-native patterns.

Frontend Responsibilities (Angular)

• Lead development of frontend applications using Angular, TypeScript, RxJS, and modern component-based architecture.
• Design responsive, accessible, and performant UI components aligned with UX and product requirements.
• Define frontend architecture, including state management, routing, lazy loading, and API consumption.

Quality, Testing & Reliability

• Promote automated testing across the stack, including:
  • Backend: Unit, integration, and contract tests (JUnit, Mockito).
  • Frontend: Unit and component tests (Jasmine, Karma, Jest).
• Champion observability using structured logging, metrics, and tracing across frontend and backend.
• Ensure applications are secure, resilient, and production-ready with proper validation, error handling, and monitoring.

DevOps & Deployment Collaboration

• Support CI/CD pipelines for both UI and backend components.
• Partner with DevOps on Docker/Kubernetes deployments, environment configuration, and release processes.
• Ensure frontend and backend artifacts are versioned, deployed, and monitored consistently.
• Participate in production support, incident reviews, and reliability improvements.

Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentor engineers across frontend and backend disciplines, promoting full-stack skill growth.
• Lead technical design reviews and code reviews across Java and Angular codebases.
• Encourage knowledge sharing and establish best practices for full-stack development.
• Support hiring and onboarding of full-stack engineers through interviews and guidance.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with product managers, UX designers, QA, and platform teams.
• Drive sprint planning, estimation, and timely delivery of full-stack features.
• Communicate technical decisions, risks, and trade-offs clearly to stakeholders.
• Balance hands-on development with leadership responsibilities.

Required Skills

• Java 21 / Spring Boot
• Angular / React
• Oracle Database
• NoSQL Databases
• Apache Kafka
• DevOps / CI/CD
• Git

Flex Skills / Nice to Have

• Flowable or any BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) platform