Lead Software Engineer
Work Authorization Requirement: To be considered, candidates must be currently legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship.
About the role
Homeland Talent Solutions is partnering with a leading education technology organization serving millions of students, educators, and school districts across North America to hire a Lead Software Engineer. This role sits at the center of a major transformation initiative focused on rebuilding a legacy compliance reporting ecosystem into a next-generation, cloud-native platform powered by AI-assisted engineering workflows, modern architecture, and scalable data-driven systems. You will influence architecture decisions, drive technical strategy, and help define how reporting software is developed and scaled. The platform will serve as the foundation for future innovation in compliance reporting and developer productivity, leveraging technologies such as Python, AWS Lambda, Snowflake, Jupyter Notebooks, serverless architectures, cloud data pipelines, and emerging AI-enabled development practices.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop the foundational framework that enables other engineers to build, scale, and innovate more efficiently
- Build core reporting infrastructure and execution frameworks
- Develop framework orchestration and service coordination components
- Create AI-assisted development workflows and engineering automation tools
- Build developer productivity platforms and internal engineering tooling
- Design and implement cloud-native execution frameworks using AWS and Python
- Support automation efforts for migrating and modernizing legacy business logic
- Develop scalable data processing pipelines and integration services
- Contribute to next-generation engineering experiences leveraging AI and analytics technologies
- Participate as a senior technical contributor on a strategic modernization initiative
- Review, validate, and influence platform architecture decisions
- Partner with architects, product leaders, and engineering leadership to deliver platform capabilities
- Establish engineering standards, best practices, and ensure high code quality
- Mentor engineers and contribute to long-term platform strategy and evolution
- Drive modernization and automation of complex legacy systems into a modern cloud architecture
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience in complex, production-scale environments
- Strong expertise in Python development and modern software engineering practices
- Hands-on experience with AWS architecture and cloud-native application development
- Experience designing and building scalable distributed systems
- Proven experience implementing serverless solutions (AWS Lambda preferred)
- Strong understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and engineering best practices
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively within complex, large-scale technical environments and cross-functional teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Snowflake or other modern cloud data platforms
- Experience developing solutions using Jupyter Notebooks
- Experience building AI-assisted development tools, workflows, or automation systems
- Exposure to agentic AI frameworks, orchestration patterns, or AI-driven engineering systems
- Familiarity with LLM-based development workflows and applications
- Background in data engineering, analytics platforms, or reporting systems
- Experience with cloud modernization, system migration, or legacy platform transformation initiatives
- Experience building internal developer platforms, tooling, or engineering productivity systems
- Experience working within SaaS-based product environments
Benefits
- Competitive annual salary of $150,000-$170,000
- Comprehensive benefits package