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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Software Developer - **Company:** Lumen Inc - **Location:** Dover, DE, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $105,786.0 - $141,047.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** ASP.NET, HTML, XML Schema, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Unit Testing, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Cloud Computing, Databases, Data Infrastructure, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Github, JSON, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Team Foundation Server, OAuth, Oracle (Applications), Scrum Methodology, Markdown, Scala (Programming Language), SQLite, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Extensible Markup Language (XML), YAML, Datadog, Blazor, Apache Spark, Git, Containerization, AngularJS, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Terraform, Devsecops, Docker, Programming Languages - **Published:** August 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3354580982&tx=UT5652THT&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54 ## About the Role * 8+ years of professional experience with a bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience * Working knowledge of software development methodologies, standards, and coding best practices * Experience with various development languages, Web stack including but not limited to: C#, Python, Typescript, SQL, Spark, Scala, Angular, ASP.NET Core/Blazor, HTML, CSS * Experience with various database/data platform including but not limited to: SQL Server, Oracle, Elastic Search, PostgreSQL, SQLite * DevSecOps Engineering Experience including but not limited to: Git, GitHub Actions, TFS, Terraform * Experience with Rest API, Open API Spec, oAuth, SSO, OTEL/DataDog, Cloud messaging/Kafka * Experience with data-structuring language including but not limited to: JSON, YAML, Markdown, XML, XSD * Experience with major cloud provider including but not limited to: Azure, AWS * Experience with Cloud-native technologies such as containerization, Kubernetes and Docker Bonus : * AI engineering experience, a strong background in billing or financial system development. * Strong problem-solving, time management, written and verbal communication skills * Strong sense of urgency and ability to meet deadlines * Highly motivated, organized, reliable and detail oriented with professional attitude * Capable of multi-tasking efficiently * Quick learner and not afraid to work with new technology ## Description Lumen is seeking a highly skilled Lead Software Developer to join our Enterprise Billing team. In this role, you will be accountable for collaborating with team Architects to help set direction, research new technologies, develop proof of concepts, and establish standards. Our current project involves analyzing applications as part of our move to the cloud, providing innovative solutions, identifying dependencies, and implementing changes to ensure the project's success. This role requires someone who is a self-starter that can research and quickly understand an application, offering solutions, and implement them., * Partner in an Agile Scrum team environment to be able to design, develop, code, test, debug and support in production new software or significant enhancements to existing software * Work closely with business partners and technical staff to create technical solutions that meet business and technical requirements * Champion of the methodology by demonstrating ownership of all aspects of the development lifecycle and inspiring ownership and accountability in others * Ability to mentor others in the business processes implemented in the team's applications to provide resolution to support problems * Designs, develops, maintains, and supports new and existing automated test code, frameworks, and infrastructure * Collaborate with product developers in a fast-moving agile team to define and implement effective and efficient automated tests * Ability to coach and mentor others in the production of all artifacts * Reviews peers' designs and code Documents own work to promote transparency and reuse * Understands a complex distributed system end-to-end * Build unit tests, debug integration issues, and deploy emergency patches as needed * Able to influence the work of others to drive medium & large projects to successful completion through effective collaboration, customer interaction, and IT coordination * Build production-quality enterprise-grade systems that achieve target SLAs for scalability, reliability, and performance on schedule * Prioritize and handle multiple concurrent projects and efforts * Accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; making clear, specific commitments to deliver results ## Related Videos - [Navigating the Corporate Jungle: Life as a Developer in a large Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/621-navigating-the-corporate-jungle-life-as-a-developer-in-a-large-company) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [The Resilience of the World Wide Web](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1281-the-resilience-of-the-world-wide-web) - [CI/CD with Github Actions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/856-ci-cd-with-github-actions) - [Under the Hood of Building on Lovable](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100032-under-the-hood-of-building-on-lovable) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Dev Digest 132 - Binging WADFlix?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/473-dev-digest-132-binging-wadflix) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers)