Software Engineering Lead

Role Overview

• Lead and oversee delivery across multiple concurrent software projects, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned to business objectives.
• Remain hands-on as needed, providing technical guidance, architecture input, and problem-solving support to the team.
• Define and enforce engineering best practices including coding standards, design patterns, documentation, and testing strategies.
• Establish and lead code review practices that promote quality, consistency, and knowledge sharing.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers spanning a range of experience levels.
• Foster a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management as the team grows.
• Coach team members on technical excellence, career development, and delivery effectiveness.
• Establish and continuously improve development operations including CI/CD pipelines, release practices, and production support workflows.
• Partner with Product, Data, Consulting, and Advisory stakeholders to translate business needs into well-defined technical solutions.
• Balance speed of delivery with long-term maintainability, reliability, and technical debt management.
• Help define and evolve the team’s agile or hybrid delivery approach to best fit project and client needs.
• Contribute to the evolution of STV’s Digital Advisory Products, providing input on technical roadmap, tooling, and platform direction.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering efficiency, product quality, and cross-team collaboration.
• Support client-facing engagements as needed by representing engineering perspectives with confidence and clarity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2–3 years in a technical lead or engineering management role.
• Strong experience delivering production software using modern architectures, frameworks, and development practices.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams while staying technically credible and hands-on.
• Experience overseeing delivery across multiple projects or products simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

• Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
• Disability insurance
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• 401(k) Plan
• Retirement Counseling
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (starting at 16 days)
• Paid Holidays (9 days)
• Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year)
• Parental Leave (up to 80 hours)
• Continuing Education Program
• Professional Licensure and Society Memberships