Lead Software Engineer - AI & Cloud Applications

The Lead Software Engineer - AI & Cloud Applications will provide hands-on technical leadership across a suite of enterprise applications. This individual will partner closely with Product and Technology leadership to design and scale applications, guide technical architecture, improve engineering practices, and mentor other engineers., * Partner with Product and Technology leadership on technical design, architecture, and project prioritization.

• Design and implement AI-powered and agentic systems that integrate with existing applications.
• Evaluate and implement AI engineering tools to improve development workflows and team efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance around architecture, technology selection, implementation, and scalability.
• Scale cloud applications with an emphasis on serverless AWS infrastructure where appropriate.
• Improve engineering standards around code review, automated testing, CI/CD, and QA.
• Identify technical deficiencies and recommend improvements across applications and engineering processes.
• Mentor and manage engineers while supporting their technical and professional development.
• Collaborate across Engineering, Product, UX, Quality, and Release teams.

The ideal candidate has a strong full-stack engineering background with Python, Node.js, React, and AWS, along with hands-on experience designing and implementing AI/agentic systems. This person should be comfortable remaining technical while also providing leadership, mentoring engineers, and driving larger engineering initiatives., * 5-8 years of professional software engineering experience.

• Strong hands-on development experience with Python, Node.js, and React.
• Strong AWS experience, including Lambda, SNS, API Gateway, and EC2.
• Experience designing and implementing AI/agentic systems.
• Experience with LangGraph, LangChain, LangFuse, OpenAI Agents SDK, or similar AI frameworks.
• Experience with PostgreSQL and/or AWS Aurora.
• Experience building and scaling enterprise web applications.
• Strong understanding of automated testing, code review, CI/CD, and software engineering best practices.
• Experience working in Agile product development environments.
• Previous technical leadership, mentoring, or engineering management experience.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Experience/Skills for the Lead Software Engineer - AI & Cloud Applications:

• AWS AppSync and GraphQL experience.
• Golang experience.
• SSO and authentication experience.
• Experience scaling serverless application architectures.
• Experience defining engineering standards and development best practices.
• Experience managing or coaching software engineers.
• Experience partnering closely with Product and UX teams.
• Experience evaluating and implementing emerging AI development tools.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field preferred.
• Equivalent professional experience will also be considered.