Lead Full Stack Engineer

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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)
Key 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 improve system resilience

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence

• Partner with Product, UX, QA, Platform teams, Architects, Directors, and VPs to:

• Shape roadmaps and align priorities

• Translate business requirements into technical execution plans

• Refine requirements and reduce ambiguity

• Coordinate cross-team dependencies

• Advocate for clarity and feasibility in requirements, addressing risks early

• Influence strategic direction, technical investments, and delivery expectations

• Communicate risks, trade-offs, and system impacts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Operational Excellence & Investment Decisions

• Drive decisions on investment in automation, tooling, observability, and platform improvements

• Lead initiatives to reduce operational toil and improve developer experience

• Optimize engineering processes to increase efficiency and scalability

Talent Development & Team Leadership

• Mentor and develop tech leads and senior engineers

• Provide ongoing coaching, feedback, and performance guidance

• Identify promotion readiness and address performance gaps

• Influence hiring strategies and succession planning

• Build and sustain high-performing, engaged engineering teams

Strategic Initiatives

• Lead application rationalization efforts, including:

• Onboarding to new APIs

• Eliminating vendor-based products

• Guide Cloud 3.0 migration initiatives:

• Lead lift-and-shift efforts from Cloud 1.0 to Cloud 3.0 infrastructure

• Support modernization toward cloud-native architectures

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred)

• 8+ years of progressive IT experience, including senior-level development on large-scale systems

• 2+ years of experience leading engineering teams or major technical initiatives

• Proven experience in full stack development (UI, backend services, APIs, data layers)

• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns and cloud platforms

• Passion for improving consumer experiences through technology

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience with Java and Spring Boot for backend and microservices development

• Proficiency in frontend technologies including JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS

• Hands-on experience with .NET application development

• Full-stack development expertise across UI, APIs, and backend services

• Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud-based architectures

• Experience implementing modern DevOps practices (CI/CD, automation, containerization, etc.)

• Experience with Python for scripting, backend development, or data processing (Nice to have)

Preferred Qualifications

• AZ-900 or other cloud certification

• Experience with cloud migration and modernization initiatives

• Exposure to large-scale enterprise environments and distributed systems

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Interview Format:
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Work-At-Home Requirements
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