Lead Software Engineer

We are seeking a highly experienced and driven Lead Software Engineer to lead the modernization of a customer-facing digital product platform. This role requires deep expertise in modern software development practices, a passion for emerging technologies, and the ability to provide strong technical leadership and mentorship.

You will play a critical role in shaping the platform's technical direction and ensuring it is scalable, resilient, secure, and maintainable for long-term growth. This is a hands-on leadership position that combines architecture, engineering execution, technical decision-making, and mentorship.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Engineering
Architect and implement a modern digital product platform using technologies such as:
TypeScript
Node.js
Next.js
React
React Native
Flutter
GraphQL
Establish and champion engineering practices that promote modularity, scalability, resiliency, security, and maintainability.
Define and uphold coding standards, architectural patterns, testing strategies, and quality metrics.
Lead technical design discussions, design reviews, and code reviews.
Provide hands-on technical guidance across web, mobile, API, and platform engineering initiatives.
Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines and contribute to DevSecOps practices.
Help define platform hosting, deployment, and runtime strategies that support reliability and performance at scale.
Platform Modernization
Lead the modernization of an existing digital product platform supporting multiple customer and partner use cases.
Reduce technical debt through thoughtful architecture, pragmatic trade-offs, and disciplined execution.
Build stable, reusable technical foundations that accelerate product development and future platform expansion.
Improve performance, reliability, security, scalability, and maintainability across web and mobile applications.
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions based on technical fit, business value, and long-term sustainability.
Technical Ownership
Own the technical vision and architecture of the platform.
Serve as a key decision-maker for technology selections, architectural trade-offs, and implementation approaches.
Take accountability for platform quality, performance, security, and long-term sustainability.
Identify and proactively address technical risks, scalability challenges, and architectural gaps.
Ensure technical decisions align with customer needs, business objectives, and organizational priorities.
Engineering Leadership & Collaboration
Partner closely with Product Managers, Designers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Collaborate with engineering peers, mobile and web teams, platform services, security, infrastructure, and operations.
Mentor and coach engineers while fostering a culture of learning, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Promote architectural consistency and technical alignment across teams.
Share knowledge through clear documentation, technical discussions, design reviews, and constructive feedback.
Expected Outcomes
A modernized, production-ready digital platform supporting both business and consumer use cases.
Well-documented and maintainable codebases aligned with established architectural standards.
Consistent and repeatable deployments enabled by standardized CI/CD pipelines.
Improved performance, reliability, security, and scalability across web and mobile applications.
Reusable technical foundations that support future product development, integrations, and platform growth.
Stronger engineering practices and greater technical consistency across development teams.
Qualifications
Required Experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
10+ years of professional software development experience, including significant experience in senior, staff, principal, or lead-level roles.
Proven success designing and delivering large-scale, high-impact platforms in production environments.
Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership across architecture, design, implementation, and operational support.
Experience building and operating customer-facing web and mobile applications.
Experience developing business-to-business APIs, portals, integrations, or transaction-driven systems.
Experience partnering with Product, Design, Engineering, and business stakeholders to deliver meaningful outcomes.