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We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Full Stack Engineer to drive engineering excellence across front-end, back-end, API, and data layers.
This role is responsible for setting technical direction, ensuring consistent delivery across teams, and aligning engineering solutions with business priorities. The ideal candidate will be a strong technical leader who thrives in complex environments, drives modernization initiatives, and develops high-performing engineering talent.
This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of our engineering landscape, influence enterprise-scale decisions, and lead transformation initiatives that directly impact customer experience and business growth.

Location: Louisville, KY or Dallas, TX (Work At Home with occasional office visits)

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Strategy

• Lead full stack engineering strategy and execution across UI, APIs, and data platforms
• Define architectural direction and ensure high standards for code quality, scalability, and maintainability
• Select frameworks, languages, and platforms across front-end, back-end, APIs, and data layers
• Approve architectural patterns (monolith vs. microservices, cloud strategy, and integrations)
• Identify opportunities to refactor, modernize, or retire legacy systems

Delivery Execution & Prioritization

• Drive consistent delivery across multiple engineering teams through:
  • Sprint planning and execution
  • Dependency management
  • Risk mitigation
  • Removal of technical and organizational blockers
• Prioritize feature development, platform investments, and technical debt across teams
• Make trade-offs on scope, timelines, and resource allocation
• Balance short-term business needs with long-term platform health
• Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery that builds stakeholder confidence

Quality, Security & Risk Management

• Define and enforce quality standards including testing, code reviews, and performance benchmarks
• Establish release readiness criteria and approve production deployments
• Guide security, compliance, and data protection strategies
• Mitigate risk and ensure system stability, reliability, and regulatory alignment

Production Support & Incident Leadership

• Serve as the senior escalation point for critical system issues
• Diagnose and resolve complex cross-stack production incidents
• Lead decisions during incidents (rollback, hotfix, or root-cause remediation)
• Direct engineering resources during high-severity events
• Drive long-term solutions to reduce incident frequency and improve system resilience

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence

• Partner with Product, UX, QA, Platform teams, Architects, Directors, and VPs to:
  • Shape roadmaps and align priorities
  • Translate business requirements into technical execution plans
  • Refine requirements and reduce ambiguity
  • Coordinate cross-team dependencies
• Advocate for clarity and feasibility in requirements, addressing risks early
• Influence strategic direction, technical investments, and delivery expectations
• Communicate risks, trade-offs, and system impacts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Operational Excellence & Investment Decisions

• Drive decisions on investment in automation, tooling, observability, and platform improvements
• Lead initiatives to reduce operational toil and improve developer experience
• Optimize engineering processes to increase efficiency and scalability

Talent Development & Team Leadership

• Mentor and develop tech leads and senior engineers
• Provide ongoing coaching, feedback, and performance guidance
• Identify promotion readiness and address performance gaps
• Influence hiring strategies and succession planning
• Build and sustain high-performing, engaged engineering teams

Strategic Initiatives

• Lead application rationalization efforts, including:
  • Onbo