Software Engineer Lead

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Position Title: Software Engineer Lead

Location: PA - Pittsburgh, TX - Dallas, OH - Strongsville, OH - Cleveland, AZ - Phoenix, AL - Birmingham

Work Status : 5 Days Onsite

Duration : Contract to Hire

Years Of Experience Required : 8+ + Years

Industry Background: Banking / Finance

Function of the Group: Revenue Support

Roles and Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership

Lead the design and development of end-to-end application features across backend services (Java 21) and frontend applications (Angular).
Own architecture decisions spanning APIs, UI state management, performance, security, and scalability.
Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and best practices across both backend and frontend stacks.

Backend Responsibilities (Java)

Design and implement backend services using Java (17/21+), Spring Boot, and related Spring frameworks.
Build and maintain RESTful APIs and service integrations consumed by Angular frontends.
Lead backend architecture using microservices, event-driven designs, and cloud-native patterns.

Frontend Responsibilities (Angular)

Lead development of frontend applications using Angular, TypeScript, RxJS, and modern component-based architecture.
Design responsive, accessible, and performant UI components aligned with UX and product requirements.
Define frontend architecture, including state management, routing, lazy loading, and API consumption.

Quality, Testing & Reliability

Promote automated testing across the stack, including:
Backend: Unit, integration, and contract tests (JUnit, Mockito).
Frontend: Unit and component tests (Jasmine, Karma, Jest).
Champion observability using structured logging, metrics, and tracing across frontend and backend.
Ensure applications are secure, resilient, and production-ready with proper validation, error handling, and monitoring.

DevOps & Deployment Collaboration

Support CI/CD pipelines for both UI and backend components.
Partner with DevOps on Docker/Kubernetes deployments, environment configuration, and release processes.
Ensure frontend and backend artifacts are versioned, deployed, and monitored consistently.
Participate in production support, incident reviews, and reliability improvements.

Team Leadership & Mentorship

Mentor engineers across frontend and backend disciplines, promoting full-stack skill growth.
Lead technical design reviews and code reviews across Java and Angular codebases.
Encourage knowledge sharing and establish best practices for full-stack development.
Support hiring and onboarding of full-stack engineers through interviews and guidance.

Collaboration & Delivery

Required Skills

Flex Skills / Nice to Have