Lead Full Stack Engineer

About the role

Become a part of our caring community. We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Full Stack Engineer to drive engineering excellence across front-end, back-end, API, and data layers. This role is responsible for setting technical direction, ensuring consistent delivery across teams, and aligning engineering solutions with business priorities. The ideal candidate will be a strong technical leader who thrives in complex environments, drives modernization initiatives, and develops high-performing engineering talent. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of our engineering landscape, influence enterprise-scale decisions, and lead transformation initiatives that directly impact customer experience and business growth. Location: Louisville, KY or Dallas, TX (Work At Home with occasional office visits).

Responsibilities

• Engineering Leadership & Strategy
  • Lead full stack engineering strategy and execution across UI, APIs, and data platforms
  • Define architectural direction and ensure high standards for code quality, scalability, and maintainability
  • Select frameworks, languages, and platforms across front-end, back-end, APIs, and data layers
  • Approve architectural patterns (monolith vs. microservices, cloud strategy, and integrations)
  • Identify opportunities to refactor, modernize, or retire legacy systems
• Delivery Execution & Prioritization
  • Drive consistent delivery across multiple engineering teams through:
    • Sprint planning and execution
    • Dependency management
    • Risk mitigation
    • Removal of technical and organizational blockers
  • Prioritize feature development, platform investments, and technical debt across teams
  • Make trade-offs on scope, timelines, and resource allocation
  • Balance short-term business needs with long-term platform health
  • Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery that builds stakeholder confidence
• Quality, Security & Risk Management
  • Define and enforce quality standards including testing, code reviews, and performance benchmarks
  • Establish release readiness criteria and approve production deployments
  • Guide security, compliance, and data protection strategies
  • Mitigate risk and ensure system stability, reliability, and regulatory alignment
• Production Support & Incident Leadership
  • Serve as the senior escalation point for critical system issues
  • Diagnose and resolve complex cross-stack production incidents
  • Lead decisions during incidents (rollback, hotfix, or root-cause remediation)
  • Direct engineering resources during high-severity events
  • Drive long-term solutions to reduce incident frequency and