Lead Full Stack Engineer

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team (30%)
• Manage and mentor a team of 58 engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Provide regular coaching, feedback, and career development support
• Drive team health, engagement, and performance management processes
• Drive hands-on technical leadership and delivery (50%)
  • Contribute directly to system design and hands-on development using TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and AWS services
  • Lead end-to-end delivery of platform capabilities from design through deployment and production support
  • Establish and enforce modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and code quality standards
  • Partner with architects and enterprise capability teams (Architecture, Security, Compliance) to align on technical direction
  • Enable cross-team alignment and stakeholder engagement (20%)
    • Partner with Product Owners to translate business needs into clear technical plans and execution strategies
    • Manage dependencies across teams and systems within the broader platform ecosystem
    • Communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs to engineering and business stakeholders
    • Contribute to roadmap planning and prioritization decisions

Required Skills & Experience

• 68+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years managing engineering teams
• Strong hands-on development experience with TypeScript/JavaScript and modern frontend frameworks (React preferred)
• Experience building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS
• Proven ability to contribute to system design and architecture while actively coding
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and event-driven architectures
• Experience implementing modern engineering practices (CI/CD, automated testing, observability, security)
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through complex, cross-functional delivery initiatives
• A thoughtful and proactive leadership style that supports continuous improvement and team engagement
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Experience

• With workflow-driven or compliance-sensitive systems (e.g., case management, decisioning platforms)
• Exposure to AI/ML or data-driven product capabilities
• Experience working within platform-based architectures and shared services ecosystems
• Familiarity with security and regulatory considerations for handling sensitive user data