We are a dynamic and rapidly expanding enterprise technology organization operating in a product-led environment where software quality, scalable architecture, technical leadership, secure development, platform reliability, and customer-focused innovation directly influence long-term business performance. Our organization supports enterprise customers, product teams, engineering groups, data teams, infrastructure partners, security teams, customer success teams, and executive stakeholders who depend on reliable software systems to deliver measurable business value.
As companies continue to build AI-enabled products, cloud-native applications, enterprise SaaS platforms, digital workflows, and data-driven services, software engineering leadership has become one of the most important drivers of growth and competitive advantage. Modern organizations need lead engineers who can do more than write strong code. They need technical leaders who can guide architecture, mentor engineers, improve engineering standards, solve complex system problems, partner with product teams, strengthen release quality, and help teams build software that performs at enterprise scale.
Our company is investing heavily in cloud platforms, AI-enabled product development, scalable web applications, API services, microservices, platform modernization, DevOps maturity, automated testing, observability, secure coding, data-driven product experiences, and engineering productivity. We are seeking a highly capable Lead Software Engineer who can contribute hands-on engineering expertise while guiding technical direction and improving delivery quality across the team.
This is not a traditional senior engineering role focused only on assigned feature work. The Lead Software Engineer will serve as a hands-on technical leader responsible for designing reliable applications, reviewing architecture, mentoring engineers, improving code quality, supporting technical planning, resolving complex production issues, and helping strengthen engineering practices across the organization.
The selected candidate will work closely with Software Engineering, Product Management, UX Design, QA, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, Security, Customer Success, IT, Operations, and leadership teams to ensure software solutions are scalable, secure, user-focused, well-tested, and aligned with business goals.
This is a strong opportunity for a software engineer who wants to remain hands-on while influencing architecture, technical execution, engineering culture, product quality, and long-term platform direction in a remote-first organization where software engineering is treated as a strategic driver of customer trust, innovation, and sustainable growth.
As Lead Software Engineer, you will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software applications, APIs, services, integrations, and platform capabilities that support enterprise customers and internal business operations.
You will be responsible for leading technical execution, writing high-quality code, guiding engineering decisions, mentoring team members, improving application performance, supporting architecture discussions, and helping deliver reliable software releases.
You will serve as a trusted technical partner while maintaining accountability for code quality, design decisions, technical documentation, secure development, testing discipline, production readiness, and continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate combines strong programming ability, architecture judgment, product awareness, technical curiosity, collaboration, mentorship, and practical engineering leadership to support scalable software delivery.
Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain software applications, backend services, APIs, user interfaces, integrations, and platform components.
Lead technical execution for complex features, system improvements, platform initiatives, and product development efforts.
Write clean, maintainable, secure, and well-documented code using modern programming languages, frameworks, and engineering practices.
Guide technical design discussions, implementation planning, architecture reviews, code reviews, and engineering tradeoff decisions.
Partner with Product Management and UX Design teams to understand requirements, clarify user needs, review acceptance criteria, and deliver practical software solutions.
Collaborate with engineering teammates on sprint planning, estimation, backlog refinement, testing strategy, release readiness, and continuous improvement.
Build and maintain APIs, microservices, data integrations, application workflows, internal tools, and customer-facing product features.
Improve application performance, scalability, reliability, security, maintainability, and usability through thoughtful engineering decisions.
Mentor engineers by providing code review feedback, technical guidance, design input, debugging support, and practical coaching.
Support cloud-based software delivery across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or similar platforms.
Participate in Agile development routines, including sprint planning, standups, demos, retrospectives, roadmap discussions, and release planning.
Troubleshoot defects, production issues, performance problems, integration failures, data inconsistencies, and customer-impacting incidents.
Partner with QA and Automation teams to improve test coverage, regression quality, defect prevention, and release confidence.
Partner with DevOps and Platform teams to support CI/CD pipelines, deployment validation, monitoring, logging, alerting, and production readiness.
Support secure development practices by addressing vulnerabilities, following access control standards, protecting sensitive data, and applying security guidelines.
Create and maintain technical documentation, design notes, implementation guides, API references, troubleshooting notes, architecture decision records, and operational runbooks.
Identify technical debt, workflow gaps, automation opportunities, architecture improvements, and engineering standards that can improve delivery quality.
Help shape engineering best practices around code quality, testing, documentation, observability, performance, system design, and maintainability.
6+ years of experience in software engineering, application development, full stack development, backend engineering, frontend engineering, platform engineering, or product engineering.
Experience serving as a technical lead, senior engineer, project lead, architecture contributor, or mentor within a software engineering team.
Experience working within enterprise SaaS, AI-enabled technology, cloud platforms, fintech, healthcare technology, cybersecurity, ecommerce, digital products, or large-scale technology environments preferred.
Strong programming experience using languages and frameworks such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, Go, C#, React, Node.js, Angular, Vue, Spring Boot, .NET, Django, FastAPI, or similar technologies.
Experience developing web applications, APIs, backend services, microservices, integrations, internal tools, customer-facing features, or enterprise software platforms.
Strong understanding of software development principles, application architecture, APIs, databases, distributed systems, data structures, testing, debugging, version control, and secure coding practices.
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including application hosting, managed services, storage, networking, identity, monitoring, and deployment environments.
Experience with databases and data platforms such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or similar technologies preferred.
Experience with engineering tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog, New Relic, or similar platforms preferred.
Familiarity with CI/CD, automated testing, code review, Agile development, release management, observability, incident response, and production support.
Ability to mentor engineers, review code thoughtfully, explain technical tradeoffs, and support team learning.
Ability to work with Product, Design, QA, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, Security, Customer Success, IT, Operations, and leadership teams.
Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, collaboration, analytical thinking, and follow-through skills.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field preferred.
Cloud certification, software engineering certification, security training, Agile certification, or equivalent practical engineering experience preferred.
Competitive compensation package.
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision healthcare coverage.
Flexible remote-first work environment.
Performance bonus eligibility.
Software delivery and technical leadership incentive opportunities.
Engineering quality and platform reliability incentive opportunities.
Product impact and architecture improvement incentive opportunities.
Long-term incentive opportunities where applicable.
Retirement savings plan with company contribution.
Professional development and continuing education reimbursement.
Software engineering leadership, cloud architecture, AI-enabled product development, secure coding, DevOps, automation, system design, and technical mentorship development resources.
Wellness and mental health support programs.
Paid time off and company holidays.
Opportunity to support enterprise-level product development, cloud modernization, software quality improvement, scalable architecture, and digital transformation initiatives.
Access to modern development tools, cloud platforms, CI/CD systems, observability tools, collaboration platforms, testing frameworks, and AI-enabled engineering productivity resources.
Strong technical leader with ownership of code quality, system reliability, architecture decisions, technical problem-solving, and product outcomes.
Hands-on engineer with the ability to write high-quality code while guiding teammates through complex technical work.
Product-minded and customer-aware, with the ability to connect technical decisions to user needs, business value, customer experience, and long-term platform health.
Technically curious and improvement-oriented, with interest in better architecture, cleaner code, stronger testing, automation, observability, and scalable engineering practices.
Detail-oriented and disciplined, with the ability to write maintainable code, document decisions, follow standards, and validate work carefully.
Collaborative and able to work effectively with engineers, product managers, designers, QA partners, DevOps teams, data teams, security teams, and business stakeholders.
Strong problem-solver with the ability to investigate defects, analyze technical issues, identify root causes, and implement durable solutions.
Clear communicator who can explain technical decisions, tradeoffs, risks, blockers, dependencies, and recommendations in practical language.
Reliable and accountable, with strong follow-through across sprint commitments, architecture reviews, code reviews, testing, documentation, and production support.
Mentorship-focused and able to help engineers grow through constructive feedback, practical guidance, technical examples, and thoughtful collaboration.
Calm and effective under pressure, especially during release cycles, urgent defects, production incidents, customer escalations, or changing priorities.
High integrity and discretion when handling source code, customer data, system credentials, product plans, security-sensitive details, architecture documentation, and confidential business information.
Support engineering leadership with software development, technical execution, architecture guidance, product delivery, code quality, and platform improvement.
Help improve product reliability by building scalable features, reducing defects, improving test coverage, and supporting strong release practices.
Support software delivery speed by contributing to clean architecture, reusable components, automation, CI/CD readiness, and effective team collaboration.
Align engineering work with product priorities, customer needs, security standards, compliance requirements, operational expectations, and business goals.
Strengthen engineering maturity by improving documentation, code review practices, technical standards, monitoring, testing, and production readiness.
Partner with Product and Design teams to ensure features solve meaningful user problems and support intended business outcomes.
Partner with DevOps and Platform teams to improve deployment reliability, observability, infrastructure readiness, and operational support.
Partner with Security teams to strengthen secure coding practices, vulnerability remediation, access controls, privacy awareness, and risk reduction.
Support data and analytics teams by helping build reliable data flows, integrations, reporting features, and product usage capabilities where applicable.
Help reduce technical debt by identifying fragile systems, outdated patterns, performance issues, repeated defects, and maintainability risks.
Contribute to technical roadmap planning by identifying architecture improvements, platform needs, modernization opportunities, and engineering investments.
Help turn software engineering into a strategic capability that improves innovation speed, customer trust, platform reliability, and long-term enterprise value.
Remote-first lead software engineering role.
Periodic travel may be required for engineering offsites, product planning sessions, architecture workshops, company gatherings, training sessions, customer events, or strategic technology meetings.
High-visibility technical leadership role supporting product development, software delivery, platform reliability, customer experience, and digital transformation.
Fast-paced environment focused on innovation, quality, scalability, security, collaboration, documentation, mentorship, and continuous improvement.
Regular collaboration with Software Engineering, Product Management, UX Design, QA, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Data Engineering, Security, Customer Success, IT, Operations, and leadership teams.
Opportunity to influence software quality, product reliability, technical standards, architecture decisions, release maturity, engineering culture, and customer outcomes.
Requires flexibility during product launches, release windows, urgent customer issues, defect resolution, security reviews, production incidents, and sprint delivery cycles.
Role requires handling confidential source code, customer data, system architecture details, credentials, security-sensitive information, product plans, and internal documentation with discretion.
Lead Software Engineering.
Technical Leadership.
Application Development.
Backend Development.
Frontend Development.
Full Stack Development.
API Development.
Cloud Software Development.
Product Engineering.
Microservices Development.
Architecture Support.
Code Review Leadership.
Technical Mentorship.
Production Support.
Remote Software Engineering Leadership.
Compensation Package: $230,000 – $360,000
Base Salary: $230,000 – $360,000.
Annual Performance Bonus.
Software Delivery Incentives.
Technical Leadership and Engineering Quality Incentives.
Product Impact and Platform Reliability Incentives.
Architecture Improvement and Developer Productivity Incentives.
Long-Term Incentive Eligibility where applicable.
Additional benefits may include:
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage.
• Retirement savings plan with company contribution.
• Wellness and mental health programs.
• Professional education assistance.
• Flexible remote work environment.
• Paid time off and company holidays.
• Software engineering leadership, cloud platforms, secure coding, system design, AI-enabled product development, DevOps, testing, and scalable architecture training.
• Access to modern development environments, cloud platforms, CI/CD tools, observability systems, collaboration platforms, testing frameworks, and AI-enabled engineering productivity resources.
We are committed to fostering a workplace where innovation, diversity, and inclusion drive meaningful business outcomes. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, gender, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
Lead technical work on scalable software products that support enterprise customers, digital workflows, and long-term business growth.
Remain hands-on while influencing architecture, engineering standards, code quality, and product delivery.
Work in a remote-first organization using modern development tools, cloud platforms, CI/CD systems, and AI-enabled engineering resources.
Partner with product, design, QA, DevOps, security, data, and leadership teams on meaningful technology initiatives.
Contribute to a company investing heavily in product engineering, cloud modernization, secure development, automation, platform reliability, and digital transformation.
Improve product reliability, code quality, deployment confidence, customer experience, and engineering productivity through meaningful technical leadership.
Build a strong lead engineering career platform by turning coding skill, architecture judgment, mentorship, product understanding, and ownership into measurable enterprise value.
At Admiral Talent, our vision is to redefine staffing through genuine partnerships, innovation, and a people-first mindset. Guided by experienced leadership, we’re committed to driving growth, empowering talent, and delivering exceptional results for every client we serve.