LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    Highlights

    Ability to manage dependencies with vendors, Product Owners, architecture teams, business stakeholders, and internal engineering teams to deliver software solutions. Bring strong discipline across multiple agile squads by setting clear priorities, managing dependencies, and keeping teams focused on delivery outcomes.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationMcLean, VA

    Description

    This position may be offered to a candidate
    authorized to work in the US for his/her/their stated employer, without any restrictions which
    would prevent the candidate from working on the proposed assignment for the duration of
    the assignment period

    Must Have Qualifications: The ideal candidate must have strong experience as a

    technical lead, guiding teams of at least ten members, with proven leadership skills

    and the ability to manage daily priorities and resolve conflicts. 10+ years of related

    software engineering or technology delivery experience. Hands-on expertise with

    AWS, Java, and microservices architecture is required. Some hands-on use of AI for

    software engineering practices is also required. Experience in the mortgage industry is

    a plus.

    Schedule: Standard

    Shortlisting Deadline:08/11


    Interview Information:

    Rounds: 2 rounds

    Duration: 30 minutes|60 minutes

    Interview Type:1


    st round MS Teams - Video Mandatory | 2nd round In Person


    Interview Placeholders: Targeting interviews for 08/14 and 08/17



    JOB DESCRIPTION


    What you will be doing:


    Lead multiple agile squads responsible for delivering modern full-stack application

    capabilities, including user-facing applications, APIs, microservices, integration services,

    platform modernization, and production enhancements.

    Provide technical direction across squads by guiding solution design, reviewing

    implementation approaches, and helping teams make scalable, secure, resilient, and

    maintainable engineering decisions.


    Partner closely with Product Owners, architecture, business stakeholders, and cross-

    functional technology teams to align priorities, manage dependencies, and deliver


    business outcomes.


    Drive the design and implementation of Java-based microservices, REST APIs, front-

    end applications, and integration services using modern technologies such as Java, Spring


    Boot, AWS, Angular or React, SQL, relational databases, CI/CD pipelines, and automated

    testing frameworks.

    Create proofs of concept, demos, and prototypes to evaluate emerging technologies,

    validate new ideas, and accelerate adoption of modern engineering patterns and platform

    capabilities.

    Establish and reinforce software engineering standards, including scalable design,

    code quality, automated testing, peer reviews, deployment discipline, application security,

    and operational readiness.

    Ensure solutions are designed and delivered with appropriate compliance, auditability,

    security, resiliency, accessibility, and production support considerations.

    Oversee engineering production support by strengthening incident triage, root-cause

    analysis, observability, recovery practices, and continuous improvement of application and

    platform reliability.

    Manage, mentor, and develop engineering talent through coaching, performance

    management, hiring, delegation, and succession planning.

    Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement, and

    accountability while identifying opportunities to improve delivery efficiency and

    engineering outcomes.

    Qualifications:

    10+ years of related software engineering or technology delivery experience, including


    at least 2+ years of people management and leadership experience developing high-

    performing engineering teams.


    Demonstrated experience leading multiple agile squads and delivering complex

    technology initiatives across full-stack applications, APIs, microservices, platform

    modernization, integration services, and production enhancements.

    Required hands-on or technical leadership experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST

    APIs, microservices architecture, AWS, or cloud-native application development, Angular

    or React, SQL, relational databases, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.

    Strong background in full-stack software engineering, application architecture, API

    design, enterprise integration patterns, application security, performance, resiliency, and

    delivery of scalable digital products for business and end-user needs.

    Experience establishing and applying software engineering standards, including

    scalable design, code quality, automated testing, peer reviews, deployment discipline,

    compliance standards, auditability, and production readiness.

    Proven ability to provide technical direction, evaluate solution options, guide

    architecture and implementation decisions, and create proofs of concept or demos to

    validate new ideas and emerging technologies.

    Experience managing engineering production support responsibilities, including

    incident triage, root-cause analysis, resiliency improvements, observability, and

    continuous improvement of application and platform reliability.

    Strong leadership skills, including hiring, coaching, mentoring, delegation,

    performance management, talent development, and succession planning.

    Ability to manage dependencies with vendors, Product Owners, architecture teams,

    business stakeholders, and internal engineering teams to deliver software solutions

    effectively.

    Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related technical

    discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience;

    advanced degree preferred.

    Keys to Success in this Role:

    Provide practical technical direction that helps teams make sound design,

    implementation, testing, and production readiness decisions.

    Build and develop strong engineering talent through coaching, mentoring, delegation,

    feedback, and succession planning.


    Create a team environment that promotes ownership, accountability, collaboration,

    and continuous improvement.

    Maintain focus on production quality, platform resiliency, auditability, and operational

    excellence throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

    Communicate effectively with Product Owners, architecture partners, business

    stakeholders, and engineering teams to align expectations and remove delivery blockers.

    Use data, engineering metrics, and lessons learned from production support to

    improve team performance, delivery predictability, and platform reliability.

    Bring strong discipline across multiple agile squads by setting clear priorities,

    managing dependencies, and keeping teams focused on delivery outcomes.

    Required Skills :

    Basic Qualification :

    Additional Skills :

    Background Check : No

    Drug Screen : No

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