Lead Software Engineer

Quantum Technologies

Chicago, IL, United States

4 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

8 years minimum

Compensation

$166,400.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.dice.com

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) JavaScript (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Automation of Tests Microsoft Azure C Sharp (Programming Language) Cloud Computing Cyber Security Continuous Integration Database Applications

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DevOps Distributed Systems Python (Programming Language) Machine Learning Software Architecture Systems Development Life Cycle Software Engineering TypeScript Google Cloud Cloud Platform System Retrieval-Augmented Generation Large Language Models Prompt Engineering Model Validation Generative AI Agentic-AI Event Driven Architecture Containerization Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Serverless Computing Golang Programming Languages Microservices

Job description

Lead the architecture, design, development, testing, and deployment of scalable software applications and cloud-native solutions.
Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, including Generative AI, LLMs, agentic AI, RAG, APIs, automation, and data-driven applications.
Translate business requirements into technical designs, architecture patterns, roadmaps, and implementation plans.
Develop secure, scalable, maintainable applications using modern programming languages, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
Guide and mentor engineers, conduct design reviews, and establish reusable engineering standards and best practices.
Collaborate with product, architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and business teams.
Establish proof-of-concept success criteria, automated testing, performance metrics, monitoring, and production readiness standards.
Identify technical risks, security concerns, integration dependencies, and operational challenges throughout the SDLC.
Support responsible AI adoption, including model evaluation, governance, data privacy, security, and compliance.

Requirements

8+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including hands-on development of complex applications, APIs, distributed systems, or cloud-native platforms.
Strong proficiency in one or more languages: Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Go, or similar.
Experience leading technical delivery across the full SDLC, from requirements and architecture through development, testing, and deployment.
Strong knowledge of software architecture, API integration, automated testing, CI/CD, DevOps, and production support.
Working knowledge of cloud platforms, containerization, infrastructure automation, and modern integration patterns.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, and technical leadership skills., * Experience with Generative AI, LLMs, agentic workflows, RAG, vector databases, machine learning, or prompt engineering.
Experience moving emerging technology solutions from proof of concept to production.
Knowledge of responsible AI, model evaluation, guardrails, cybersecurity, data privacy, and enterprise governance.
Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform; Kubernetes; serverless computing; microservices; event-driven architecture; and infrastructure-as-code.
Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams.
Cloud, AI/ML, or Software Architecture certifications are a plus

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