Vice President – Lead Software Engineer

Quick Facts

Role: Vice President – Lead Software Engineer (hands-on senior engineer + people leadership)

Focus: Backend Java/Python with full-stack development and architectural modernization

Description

Lead, manage, and develop a group of engineers while partnering with IBD and GCM business stakeholders to translate workflows into pragmatic, measurable software solutions. You’ll design, build, and own core platform components across the stack—Java services and APIs through modern web front ends—while mentoring engineers and driving architectural decisions. You’ll also promote engineering best practices, ensure production stability, and use AI tooling to accelerate the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of engineers; set priorities and provide technical mentorship
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements, shape priorities, and lead initiatives end-to-end
• Drive architectural design, modernization, and analysis across initiatives spanning multiple teams and systems
• Hands-on development of scalable, resilient backend services in Java alongside modern web front ends
• Coordinate with product leads across technology; communicate opportunities for improvement
• Promote best practices across code quality, automated testing, and CI/CD
• Own production stability; lead resolution of complex incidents and communicate with business users during critical events
• Use AI tooling with strong engineering judgment and oversight

Requirements

• At least 10 years of relevant experience designing, building, and operating enterprise-scale applications
• Strong hands-on Java/Python skills, including Spring Boot, concurrent programming, RESTful API design, and automated testing
• Full-stack experience building modern web applications using JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks such as React or Angular
• Strong relational database and SQL experience; solid Linux fundamentals
• Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems such as Kafka or MQ
• Proven experience leading/managing engineers, including mentoring and growing talent
• Experience working directly with business stakeholders to gather requirements and influence strategy
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization frameworks

Benefits

• Base pay expected between $155,000 and $215,000 per year (individualized and part of total compensation)
• Total compensation may include commission, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, and other short/long-term incentives
• Comprehensive employee benefits and perks; supported work-life journey and opportunities to move within the business
• Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion