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# Lead Software Engineer

- **Company:** Voya Financial, Inc.
- **Location:** Trenton, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $143,280 - $179,100
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Github, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, System Availability, Reliability of Systems, Git, Deployment Automation, Restful APIs, Terraform, Software Version Control, Jenkins, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://godirect.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/voya_jobs/job/Trenton-NJ/AI-Principal-Engineer_JR0033044

## About the Role

* 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership or mentorship capacity.
 * Strong proficiency in modern programming languages, frameworks, and software development practices.
 * Experience designing and developing scalable applications, services, and technology solutions.
 * Strong understanding of software architecture, application design patterns, APIs, integrations, and distributed systems.
 * Experience working with RESTful APIs and modern integration approaches.
 * Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS.
 * Familiarity with version control systems such as Git, code review practices, and collaborative development workflows.
 * Experience with CI/CD and infrastructure/deployment tools such as Jenkins, Terraform, and GitHub Actions is a plus.
 * Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive technical decisions.
 * Excellent communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills, with a growth mindset.

## Description

We are seeking a Lead Engineer who is passionate about building high-performance, scalable, and resilient technology solutions. In this role, you will help set technical direction, lead by example, and collaborate closely with engineers, product leaders, and other partners to deliver high-quality solutions that meet business and customer needs.

As a technical leader, you will remain hands-on in development while mentoring engineers, driving engineering best practices, and influencing architectural decisions. You thrive on solving complex technical challenges, writing clean and maintainable code, growing team capabilities, and delivering solutions at scale.

If you're excited about shaping technical strategy, fostering engineering excellence, and building high-quality technology solutions, we'd love to connect., * Lead the design and development of scalable, high-quality technology solutions across applications and platforms.

 * Define and promote engineering best practices in coding, testing, performance, security, reliability, and maintainability.
 * Influence application and system architecture, balancing immediate business needs with long-term scalability and sustainability.
 * Collaborate with product managers, engineers, architects, and other partners to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
 * Conduct code reviews, technical deep-dives, and mentoring sessions to strengthen engineering capabilities across the team.
 * Drive performance, reliability, and operational excellence across applications and services.
 * Proactively identify and resolve architectural and technical challenges.
 * Contribute to and enhance CI/CD pipelines and development practices, supporting reliable and efficient deployments.
 * Promote strong engineering standards around security, quality, scalability, and resilience.
 * Evaluate emerging technologies and engineering approaches, assessing their relevance to the technology stack and business needs.
 * Participate in agile ceremonies and contribute to roadmap planning, architecture, and technical strategy discussions.
 * Monitor and troubleshoot production issues, supporting high availability and system resilience.