Lead Software Engineer
CareScout · New York, NY · Yesterday
Engineering$121k–$187k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement a modern Assessment platform using technologies such as TypeScript, React, React Native, Flutter, and GraphQL.
- Establish and champion best-in-class engineering practices to ensure systems are modular, scalable, resilient, and flexible.
- Define and enforce coding standards, architectural patterns, and quality metrics to maintain high engineering standards.
- Lead technical design discussions, perform code reviews, and provide hands-on guidance across the engineering team.
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and contribute to DevSecOps practices.
- Contribute to platform hosting, deployment, and runtime strategies, ensuring reliability and performance at scale.
Deliverables / Results
- A modernized, production-ready Assessment platform supporting both B2B and B2C use cases.
- Well-documented, maintainable codebases aligned with agreed architectural standards.
- Consistent, repeatable deployments enabled by standardized CI/CD pipelines.
- Improved system performance, reliability, and scalability across web and mobile platforms.
- Strong technical foundations that support future feature development and platform expansion.
Impact / Value Add
- Raise the technical bar across the organization by modeling engineering excellence and best practices.
- Reduce long-term technical debt through thoughtful architecture and disciplined execution.
- Accelerate delivery by enabling teams to build on a stable, scalable platform.
- Improve customer and partner experiences through reliable, high-quality applications.
- Enable the business to confidently scale assessments, integrations, and transaction volumes.
Ownership
- Own the technical vision and architecture of the Assessment platform.
- Serve as a key decision-maker for technology choices, architectural trade-offs, and implementation approaches.
- Take accountability for platform quality, performance, and long-term sustainability.
- Identify and proactively address technical risks, scalability challenges, and architectural gaps.
Collaboration
- Partner closely with Product Managers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.
- Collaborate with engineering peers, mobile and web teams, and shared services to ensure architectural alignment.
- Mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of learning, quality, and continuous improvement.
- Work cross-functionally with security, infrastructure, and operations teams to support platform reliability and compliance.