Lead Engineer, Digital Software Development

AAA Club Alliance is hiring for a Lead Engineer, Digital Software Development to join our team! This position provides hands-on technical leadership for the Digital Software Development team, ensuring high-quality implementation of enterprise-scale digital solutions. This role is responsible for translating architectural designs and business requirements into consistent, scalable, and maintainable software implementations. Serves as the primary technical authority within the engineering team, guiding coding standards, design patterns, and implementation decisions while mentoring engineers and senior engineers.

What We Offer:

As part of our team, you’ll enjoy a total rewards package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Our package includes:

• A competitive salary; the starting base salary range is: $100,384-170,815*

• Annual Bonus + Annual Merit Increase Eligibility

• Hybrid schedule (3 days on-site weekly)

• Comprehensive health benefits package

• 3+ weeks of paid time off accrued during your first year

• 401(K) plan with company match up to 7%

• Professional development opportunities and tuition reimbursement

• Paid time off to volunteer & company-sponsored volunteer events throughout the year

• Other benefits include a free AAA Premier Membership, Health & Wellness Program, Health Concierge Service, Life Insurance and Short Term/Long Term Disability

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* The base pay range shown is a guideline for compensation and ultimate salary offered will be based on factors such as applicant experience and geographic location.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership for modern web applications built primarily with React and Next.js, ensuring scalable, performant, and maintainable implementations.
• Guide the team in implementing Next.js rendering strategies including server-side rendering (SSR), static generation, routing, and data-fetching patterns.
• Lead implementation decisions related to component architecture, state management, accessibility, and performance optimization in React-based applications.
• Collaborate with back-end and platform teams using a working understanding of .NET-based application programming interfaces (APIs) and SQL-backed data sources to support integrations and troubleshooting.
• Serve as the final authority on team-level technical implementation decisions, coding standards, and design patterns.
• Translate architecture designs and solution guidance provided by the Digital Solutions Architect into clear, build-ready technical approaches for the engineering team.
• Lead hands-on development activities, including complex feature implementation, refactoring, and performance optimization.
• Establish and enforce best practices for code quality, security, testing, and deployment aligned with DevSecOps standards.
• Conduct and oversee code reviews to ensure consistency, maintainability, scalability, and adherence to standards.
• Identify technical risks early and propose mitigation strategies in collaboration with the Engineering Manager.
• Guide engineers in estimating technical effort and complexity for features and enhancements.
• Support sprint planning and delivery by advising on technical feasibility and sequencing of work.
• Mentor engineers and senior engineers through technical coaching, pairing, and design reviews.
• Drive resolution of complex technical issues, production incidents, and systemic defects.
• Collaborate closely with Quality Assurance (QA), Product, UX, and Architecture to ensure solutions meet functional, non-functional, and quality requirements.
• Ensure systems meet performance, availability, accessibility, and security expectations.
• Contribute to technical documentation, including design decisions, standards, and implementation guidelines.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, frameworks, and industry best practices relevant to the digital platform.
• Participate in proof-of-concepts and technical spikes as needed to validate approaches.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) or equivalent in Computer Sciences, Business Administration, or related field required; Master’s degree completed or work in progress towards a graduate degree preferred. Equivalent combination of education, technical training, and experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of 8- years of progressive experience in software development required.
• Strong hands-on experience designing and building production web applica