Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

Location is Baltimore - Hybrid 3 days onsite. The start date is June 22 for this 6 month contract to hire position. Compensation Range: $65-73/HR. Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Job Description: We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive development initiatives across a customer-facing financial wellness platform while serving as a hands-on technical leader across enterprise engineering initiatives.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Lead development initiatives across a customer-facing platform
• Build and support scalable applications using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and AWS
• Own technical delivery from requirements gathering through deployment and production support
• Serve as the technical lead across multiple engineering initiatives and stakeholders
• Collaborate closely with Product, UX, Engineering Managers, and cross-functional teams
• Drive architecture and design discussions involving APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven workflows
• Break down complex technical and delivery challenges into actionable solutions
• Mentor engineers and guide collaborative technical problem-solving efforts
• Participate in code reviews, CI/CD improvements, and engineering best practices discussions
• Support production operations, observability, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement efforts
• Improve engineering quality, delivery execution, and overall team effectiveness
• Balance approximately 80% hands-on engineering work with 20% leadership responsibilities

Minimum Requirements:

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong hands-on frontend engineering experience with React, TypeScript, and JavaScript
• Strong backend engineering experience with Node.js
• Experience building APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures/CDC workflows
• Experience working within AWS cloud environments
• Experience owning technical delivery from requirements through production support
• Strong enterprise product engineering mindset
• Experience collaborating across multiple teams and stakeholders in enterprise environments
• Proven technical leadership and problem-solving capabilities
• Experience mentoring engineers and driving scalable technical solutions
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience supporting production systems and operational best practices
• Bachelor's Degree required
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and lead delivery across cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Angular experience
• Ruby on Rails exposure
• PostgreSQL experience
• Docker experience
• CI/CD pipeline experience, preferably with CircleCI
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as DataDog and Sentry
• Financial services or fintech industry experience
• Experience within enterprise SaaS or customer-facing product organizations