Lead Software Engineer (Digital Platform)

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Lead Software Engineer (Digital Platform) for a contract assignment with one of our premier financial services clients in Alpharetta, GA.

Responsibilities :

• Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and hands-on engineering contribution across delivery teams.
• Collaborate closely with product, business, architecture, and engineering partners to design, develop, deliver, and support new and existing technology solutions.
• Serve as a senior technical contributor and technical owner for one or more major sub-systems within the Digital Platform.
• Collaborate with business partners, product managers, architects, and engineering teams to understand strategic objectives, functional requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Provide technical leadership for the design and development of custom product features on the Digital roadmap.
• Enhance the client experience by building engaging, performant, secure, and resilient applications and APIs.
• Design and/or redesign solution architecture to improve system performance, scalability, maintainability, and resiliency.
• Develop high-quality, well-tested software aligned with engineering standards and delivery timelines.
• Contribute to automated testing through unit, integration, and functional test suites.
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical feedback to other developers.
• Contribute to the evolution of platform architecture to make it more flexible, testable, scalable, and easy to maintain.
• Collaborate effectively with globally distributed teams while operating as a senior individual contributor.
• Continuously learn, innovate, and apply best practices while meeting product delivery targets.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related area of study preferred.
• 8 years of full-stack web application development experience with a proven track record of delivering well-architected and well-written software solutions.
• 4 years of Azure and/or AWS cloud-native development experience; PaaS experience preferred.
• 4 years of experience in web and REST API development using ASP.NET Core.
• Experience collaborating with globally distributed engineering teams.
• Experience with OIDC and OAuth2 for implementing web authentication and authorization.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL database platforms; MongoDB experience preferred.
• Experience configuring CI/CD pipelines; Azure DevOps preferred.
• Experience building event-based and microservice-style architectures.
• Experience with Git source control and Gitflow fundamentals.
• Experience contributing to automated test suites, including unit and integration tests.
• Experience working in Agile delivery models such as Kanban or Scrum.
• Strong communication skills and ability to demonstrate understanding of business goals.
• Proven experience contributing to the design and delivery of product features on a public web application.
• Strong technical leadership skills, including solution architecture using cloud-native services, collaboration, communication, quality ownership, and accountability.
• Successful track record of designing, developing, implementing, and delivering applications and services that meet business goals and technology objectives.
• Ability to translate strategy and requirements into tactical technical plans and delivery outcomes.
• Creative, self-motivated, and comfortable working independently as well as collaboratively within a team.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
• High ethical standards, integrity, and commitment to quality.

Preferred Skills:

• Financial services and technology experience is a plus.

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.

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