Lead Software Engineer

Locations:

Dallas, TX | Chicago, IL | New York, NY | Houston, TX

Working Pattern:

Hybrid, typically onsite Monday-Wednesday

About the Role

Our client is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join a growing engineering team focused primarily on

greenfield, net-new development

.

This is an opportunity for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to take on greater technical responsibility while remaining hands-on. The role will involve providing technical guidance to other engineers, contributing to architecture and design decisions, mentoring team members and acting as a technical resource within the team.

This is a

technical leadership position rather than a people-management role

, with no direct reports.

The client values strong engineering fundamentals, problem-solving ability and adaptability. Exact technology alignment is less important than a strong technical foundation and the ability to learn and work effectively across the stack.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop and deliver enterprise-grade software applications
• Work primarily on new, greenfield development rather than legacy application maintenance
• Take ownership of significant features and applications
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers
• Act as a technical resource and go-to person within the team
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback
• Contribute to technical design and architectural decisions
• Help solve complex engineering problems
• Participate in peer design discussions and collaborative development
• Work closely with other engineers through pair programming and knowledge sharing
• Work directly with non-technical business stakeholders and communicate technical concepts clearly
• Support deployment and infrastructure-related troubleshooting when required
• Work within CI/CD and modern cloud-based development environments
• Contribute to a collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous improvement
• Use AI-assisted development tools where appropriate

What We're Looking For

• Approximately

6-8 years of professional software engineering experience

• Bachelor's degree
• Strong experience with

C# / .NET

• Experience with

React

or

Angular

• Experience with

Azure

, with AWS or GCP also considered

• Full-stack development experience, with the ability to contribute across frontend and backend
• Enterprise application development experience
• Experience with greenfield development
• Experience taking ownership of features or applications
• Previous experience mentoring engineers or providing technical guidance
• Experience contributing to code reviews
• Experience contributing to architecture or technical design
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

The core technology environment includes:

• C#
• .NET
• React
• Angular
• Azure
• Enterprise application development
• CI/CD