Lead Software Engineer

About the role

Job Summary

Fully on site McLean, VA

location: McLean, Virginia

job type: Contract to Perm

salary: $70 - 115 per hour

work hours: 9am to 5pm

education: Bachelors

Responsibilities

Lead multiple agile squads responsible for delivering modern full-stack application

capabilities, including user-facing applications, APIs, microservices, integration services,

platform modernization, and production enhancements.

Provide technical direction across squads by guiding solution design, reviewing

implementation approaches, and helping teams make scalable, secure, resilient, and

maintainable engineering decisions.

Partner closely with Product Owners, architecture, business stakeholders, and cross-

functional technology teams to align priorities, manage dependencies, and deliver

business outcomes.

Drive the design and implementation of Java-based microservices, REST APIs, front-

end applications, and integration services using modern technologies such as Java, Spring

Boot, AWS, Angular or React, SQL, relational databases, CI/CD pipelines, and automated

testing frameworks.

Create proofs of concept, demos, and prototypes to evaluate emerging technologies,

validate new ideas, and accelerate adoption of modern engineering patterns and platform

capabilities.

Establish and reinforce software engineering standards, including scalable design,

code quality, automated testing, peer reviews, deployment discipline, application security,

and operational readiness.

Ensure solutions are designed and delivered with appropriate compliance, auditability,

security, resiliency, accessibility, and production support considerations.

Oversee engineering production support by strengthening incident triage, root-cause

analysis, observability, recovery practices, and continuous improvement of application and

platform reliability.

Manage, mentor, and develop engineering talent through coaching, performance

management, hiring, delegation, and succession planning.

Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement, and

accountability while identifying opportunities to improve delivery efficiency and

engineering outcomes.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

10+ years of related software engineering or technology delivery experience, including

at least 2+ years of people management and leadership experience developing high-

performing engineering teams.

Demonstrated experience leading multiple agile squads and delivering complex

technology initiatives across full-stack applications, APIs, microservices, platform

modernization, integration services, and production enhancements.

Required hands-on or technical leadership experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST

APIs, microservices architecture, AWS, or cloud-native application development, Angular

or React, SQL, relational databases, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.

Strong background in full-stack software engineering, application architecture, API

design, enterprise integration patterns, application security, performance, resiliency, and

delivery of scalable digital products for business and end-user needs.

Experience establishing and applying software engineering standards, including

scalable design, code quality, automated testing, peer reviews, deployment discipline,

compliance standards, auditability, and production readiness.

Proven ability to provide technical direction, evaluate solution options, guide

architecture and implementation decisions, and create proofs of concept or demos to

validate new ideas and emerging technologies.

Experience managing engineering production support responsibilities, including

incident triage, root-cause analysis, resiliency improvements, observability, and

continuous improvement of application and platform reliability.

Strong leadership skills, including hiring, coaching, mentoring, delegation,

performance management, talent development, and succession planning.

Ability to manage dependencies with vendors, Product Owners, architecture teams,

business stakeholders, and internal engineering teams to deliver software solutions

effectively.

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related technical

discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience;

advanced degree preferred.

Skills

AWS,Angular,API design,APIs,application architecture,AI,auditability,automated testing,cloud-native,platform modernization,CI/CD pipelines,enterprise integration patterns,front- end applications,information systems,computer science,Java,Java-based,as Java,microservices architecture,microservices,scalable design,React,relational databases,REST APIs,SQL,software engineering,software engineering practices,application development,code quality,application security,software solutions,Spring Boot,platform reliability,software delivery lifecycle,integration services,technical debt,communicating,Communicate effectively,effective leadership,leadership,Strong leadership skills,resilient,accountability,collaboration,architecture,automated testing frameworks,automation,continuous improvement,user-facing applications,resolve conflicts,prototypes,delivery experience,digital products,FullStack,full-stack applications,full-stack software,incident triage,compliance standards,production quality,coaching,mentoring,metrics,mortgage industry,operational excellence,operational readiness,performance management,production readiness,production support,resource allocation,root-cause analysis,security,sound design,succession planning,sustainability,talent development,prioritizing tasks,delegation,people management,technical leadership,technical direction,testing

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.