Lead Software Engineer

This Lead Software Engineer role sits at the intersection of engineering, finance, and operations. The role is responsible for providing hands-on technical leadership across a complex portfolio of custom-built and vendor-integrated systems, while modernizing legacy platforms into secure, scalable, cloud-native solutions on AWS. The individual in this role will work closely with Finance stakeholders, architecture, infrastructure, security, and data teams to translate business needs into durable technical solutions.

Typical Responsibilities - this is both a hands-on and technical leadership role:

• 60-65%

Software analysis, design, and development for new features, system enhancements, integrations, and modernization initiatives across Finance systems

• 20-25%

Technical leadership activities including architecture reviews, mentoring and coaching engineers, unblocking complex issues, improving CI/CD pipelines, and embedding test automation, security, and data integrity controls

• 10-15%

Production support, operational readiness, and continuous improvement efforts, including issue investigation, process hardening, technical debt reduction, and collaboration with Finance partners during critical finance business cycles

Pay: $140,000

6-8+ years of professional software engineering experience in complex, multi-system environments

Strong backend development experience with Java and JavaScript/TypeScript

Hands-on experience building, deploying, and operating applications on AWS

Proven ability to provide hands-on technical leadership while still contributing code

Experience owning solutions across the full SDLC (design, development, integration, testing, deployment)

Strong focus on data integrity, testability, security, and auditability, especially in financially sensitive or regulated systems

Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and quality controls

Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions, including BA/QA-style validation when needed

Experience working in Agile delivery environments

Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field Experience modernizing legacy platforms (e.g., Grails or similar frameworks)

Working knowledge of Python for automation, scripting, or data-related tasks

AWS certifications (Developer or Architect)

Experience building systems supporting finance, billing, invoicing, payments, or ERP integrations

Exposure to regulated, audit-heavy environments (finance, accounting, compliance-driven systems)

Experience embedding security scanning, test automation, and data controls directly into pipelines

Experience using AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve delivery and quality