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Apply now: Lead Software Engineer, location is Hybrid. The start date is June 22 or June 29 for this 6 month contract-to-hire position. Job Title: Lead Software Engineer Location-Type: Hybrid (3 Days A Week Onsite - at one of the following locations; Baltimore, MD 21224 / Wilmington, DE 19803 / Irving, TX 75062) Start Date Is: June 22 or June 29 Duration: Contract to Hire (6 Months) W2 Pay Rate Range: $64/hr – $74/hr Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship . Job Description: Lead the development and delivery of scalable, customer-facing financial wellness applications while providing hands-on technical leadership across frontend, backend, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems initiatives. Day-to-Day Responsibilities: • Lead development initiatives across customer-facing enterprise applications • Build and support scalable applications using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and AWS • Own technical delivery from requirements gathering through deployment and production support • Drive architecture and design discussions involving APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven workflows • Collaborate with Product, UX, Engineering Managers, and cross-functional engineering teams • Break down complex technical challenges into scalable, actionable solutions • Mentor engineers and guide technical problem-solving efforts collaboratively • Participate in code reviews, CI/CD improvements, and engineering best practices discussions • Support production operations, monitoring, observability, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives • Help improve engineering quality, delivery execution, and overall team effectiveness Minimum Requirements: • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience • Strong frontend engineering experience with React, TypeScript, and JavaScript • Strong backend engineering experience with Node.js, APIs, and microservices • Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architectures/CDC workflows • AWS cloud environment experience • Experience owning technical delivery from requirements through production • Strong enterprise product engineering mindset • Proven ability to lead delivery and collaborate across multiple teams and stakeholders • Experience mentoring engineers and guiding teams through complex technical challenges • Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills • Bachelor's Degree required • Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive execution proactively Preferred Qualifications : • Angular experience • Ruby on Rails exposure • PostgreSQL experience • Docker and containerization experience • CI/CD pipeline experience (CircleCI preferred) • Experience with DataDog, Sentry, or other observability tools • Financial services, fintech, or enterprise SaaS experience

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Apply now: Lead Software Engineer, location is Hybrid. The start date is June 22 or June 29 for this 6 month contract-to-hire position.
Job Title: Lead Software Engineer
Location-Type: Hybrid (3 Days A Week Onsite - at one of the following locations; Baltimore, MD 21224 / Wilmington, DE 19803 / Irving, TX 75062)
Start Date Is: June 22 or June 29
Duration: Contract to Hire (6 Months)
W2 Pay Rate Range: $64/hr – $74/hr
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship .
Lead development initiatives across customer-facing enterprise applications
Build and support scalable applications using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and AWS
Own technical delivery from requirements gathering through deployment and production support
Drive architecture and design discussions involving APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven workflows
Collaborate with Product, UX, Engineering Managers, and cross-functional engineering teams
Break down complex technical challenges into scalable, actionable solutions
Mentor engineers and guide technical problem-solving efforts collaboratively
Participate in code reviews, CI/CD improvements, and engineering best practices discussions
Support production operations, monitoring, observability, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives
Help improve engineering quality, delivery execution, and overall team effectiveness

Nice-to-haves

Angular experience
Ruby on Rails exposure
PostgreSQL experience
Docker and containerization experience
CI/CD pipeline experience (CircleCI preferred)
Experience with DataDog, Sentry, or other observability tools
Financial services, fintech, or enterprise SaaS experience

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Dental

Vision

401k

Wellness