Lead Engineer – Full Stack

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the architecture, quality, and delivery of the Angular application along with associated APIs and services.

• Establish and uphold coding standards, methodologies, and best practices across mobile and full-stack development; promote an A.I.-first engineering approach.

• Influence technical roadmap decisions and ensure alignment with product objectives, timelines, and the wider engineering team.

• Offer technical expertise in architecture, design, testing, and implementation covering web UI to backend API contracts and LLM integration strategies.

• Conduct thorough code reviews and perform root cause analysis for critical production challenges.

• Manage the complete delivery of web features, from technical scoping to release and production monitoring.

• Deconstruct complex requirements into actionable engineering tasks, milestones, and clear responsibilities across a distributed team.

• Identify and proactively address technical risks throughout the development lifecycle.

• Enhance and maintain CI/CD pipelines and release management processes for both platforms.

• Develop and uphold best practices for observability and logging across all application layers.

• Design and implement solutions with a focus on performance, security, and accessibility.

• Lead and mentor a geographically diverse team across the Americas and India.

• Collaborate with Product, Design, QA, and Backend teams in accordance with Agile principles.

• Spearhead organizational initiatives and consistently enhance engineering practices.

• Engage in hiring activities through resume assessments, technical interviews, and candidate evaluations.

• Set clear expectations for both full-time employees and contractors.

• Ensure software quality through automated testing, alerting systems, and proactive production support.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of software development experience, with at least 5 years dedicated to full-stack development.

• Experience with A.I.-first engineering and the utilization of tools such as Claude, Co-Pilot, and others.

• Strong grasp of Object-Oriented Design principles, and the ability to effectively architect both a UI and an API.

• Demonstrated full-stack capability — comfortable taking ownership of or collaborating on BFF/API layers.

• Extensive experience in cross-browser and cross-platform development, including mobile and responsive UI.

• Proven experience in developing and architecting high-transaction, high-throughput systems.

• Ability to lead distributed teams across time zones with a strong sense of personal accountability.

• Exceptional problem-solving abilities; detail-oriented, systematic, and capable of converting complex business requirements into straightforward software solutions.

• Familiarity with CI/CD, Agile methodologies, and open-source technologies.

• Preferred: Experience with LLM/AI-native development patterns and integrating AI-enhanced features into consumer products.

• Preferred: Background in leading teams of 5 or more engineers across various regions.

• Preferred: Knowledge of Service-Oriented Architecture and microservices.

• Preferred: Experience in mobile accessibility (WCAG, platform accessibility APIs).

• Preferred: Background in fintech, consumer lending, or similarly regulated sectors.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Benefits; including Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance and Paid Parental Leave.

• Company Matched 401k.

• Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, and Paid Volunteer Time.

• Access to Diversity Alliance Resource Groups.

• Employee Stock Purchase Program.

• Tuition Reimbursement.

• Charitable Gift Matching.

• Provision of Job Required Equipment & Services.