Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Lead Software Engineer Location-Type: Irving, TX- Hybrid 3 days onsite Start Date Is: June 22 Duration: 6 month contract to hire 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

Requirements:

• Must-Haves:
  • 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
• Nice-to-Haves:
  • 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