Lead Software Engineer

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• Make it human. We care about the people that make up our customers, colleagues, and communities.
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POSITION TITLE

Lead Software Engineer

POSITION LOCATION

New York, NY

YOUR ROLE

We are seeking a highly experienced and driven Lead Software Engineer to lead the modernization of our Assessment platform. This role requires deep expertise in modern software development practices, a passion for emerging technologies, and the ability to provide strong technical leadership and mentorship. You will play a critical role in shaping the future of the platform, ensuring it is scalable, resilient, secure, and maintainable for long-term growth.

What you will be doing

• Responsibilities
  • Architect and implement a modern Assessment platform using technologies such as TypeScript, React, React Native, Flutter, and GraphQL.
  • Establish and champion best-in-class engineering practices to ensure systems are modular, scalable, resilient, and flexible.
  • Define and enforce coding standards, architectural patterns, and quality metrics to maintain high engineering standards.
  • Lead technical design discussions, perform code reviews, and provide hands-on guidance across the engineering team.
  • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and contribute to DevSecOps practices.
  • Contribute to platform hosting, deployment, and runtime strategies, ensuring reliability and performance at scale.

• Deliverables / Results
  • A modernized, production-ready Assessment platform supporting both B2B and B2C use cases.
  • Well-documented, maintainable codebases aligned with agreed architectural standards.
  • Consistent, repeatable deployments enabled by standardized CI/CD pipelines.
  • Improved system performance, reliability, and scalability across web and mobile platforms.
  • Strong technical foundations that support future feature development and platform expansion.

• Impact / Value Add
  • Raise the technical bar across the organization by modeling engineering excellence and best practices.
  • Reduce long-term technical debt through thoughtful architecture and disciplined execution.
  • Accelerate delivery by enabling teams to build on a stable, scalable platform.
  • Improve customer and partner experiences through reliable, high-quality applications.
  • Enable the business to confidently scale assessments, integrations, and transaction volumes.
• Ownership
  • Own the technical vision and architecture of the Assessment platform.
  • Serve as a key decision-maker for technology choices, architectural trade-offs, and implementation approaches.
  • Take accountability for platform quality, performance, and long-term sustainability.
  • Identify and proactively address technical risks, scalability challenges, and architectural gaps.
• Collaboration
  • Partner closely with Product Managers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.
  • Collaborate with engineering peers, mobile and web teams, and shared services to ensure architectural alignment.
  • Mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of learning, quality, and continuous improvement.
  • Work cross-functionally with secu