Lead Software Engineer
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| Verified Pay check_circle | Provided by the employer$64 - $74 per hour |
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| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
| Location | Baltimore, Maryland |
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Job Description
Job Description
Apply now: Lead Software Engineer, location is Hybrid. The start date is June 22 or June 29 for this 6 month contract-to-hire position. Job Title: Lead Software EngineerLocation-Type: Hybrid (3 Days A Week Onsite - at one of the following locations; Baltimore, MD 21224 / Wilmington, DE 19803 / Irving, TX 75062) Start Date Is: June 22 or June 29Duration: Contract to Hire (6 Months)W2 Pay Rate Range: $64/hr – $74/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: Lead the development and delivery of scalable, customer-facing financial wellness applications while providing hands-on technical leadership across frontend, backend, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems initiatives.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Lead development initiatives across customer-facing enterprise applications
- Build and support scalable applications using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and AWS
- Own technical delivery from requirements gathering through deployment and production support
- Drive architecture and design discussions involving APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven workflows
- Collaborate with Product, UX, Engineering Managers, and cross-functional engineering teams
- Break down complex technical challenges into scalable, actionable solutions
- Mentor engineers and guide technical problem-solving efforts collaboratively
- Participate in code reviews, CI/CD improvements, and engineering best practices discussions
- Support production operations, monitoring, observability, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Help improve engineering quality, delivery execution, and overall team effectiveness
Minimum Requirements:
- 10 years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong frontend engineering experience with React, TypeScript, and JavaScript
- Strong backend engineering experience with Node.js, APIs, and microservices
- Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architectures/CDC workflows
- AWS cloud environment experience
- Experience owning technical delivery from requirements through production
- Strong enterprise product engineering mindset
- Proven ability to lead delivery and collaborate across multiple teams and stakeholders
- Experience mentoring engineers and guiding teams through complex technical challenges
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
- Bachelor's Degree required
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive execution proactively
- Angular experience
- Ruby on Rails exposure
- PostgreSQL experience
- Docker and containerization experience
- CI/CD pipeline experience (CircleCI preferred)
- Experience with DataDog, Sentry, or other observability tools
- Financial services, fintech, or enterprise SaaS experience
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