8,472 lead software engineer jobs at 2,320 companies in United States
Lead Software Engineer
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
OnsiteFull Time
15+ YOEBachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or related field plus 15 years software/systems engineering experience; U.S. citizenship; ability to obtain security clearance; experience leading software development and test organizations.
PC, telephone, fax
Lead Software Engineer
Moorestown, New Jersey, United States
$111k-$208k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years real-time software development lead experience; C++, Linux, software architecture; Bachelor's in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering; ability to obtain and maintain Secret clearance; occasional travel.
C++, Linux, Git, JIRA, Confluence
Lead Software Engineer
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years applied software engineering experience, advanced programming skills, experience leading AI-assisted development tools, mentoring engineers, CI/CD and infrastructure as code in regulated environment.
Python, Java, Amazon Connect, AWS Lambda, Amazon Lex, Amazon Polly, Kinesis Video Streams, Kinesis Data Streams, Salesforce Service Cloud, Pega, CI/CD
Lead Software Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE2+ MgmtBachelor's in computer science or equivalent; 8+ years software engineering with 2+ years leading engineers or owning architecture; fluent in Python, Go, JavaScript; distributed systems and cloud infrastructure experience; able to travel to remote locations.
Python, Go, JavaScript
Lead Software Engineer
United States
RemoteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years software engineering experience including tech lead or founding engineer; comfortable in any stack with production code in at least three; experience fixing messy codebases; AI-native with coding agents; strong communication and judgment.
.NET, Rails, Python, TypeScript, Oracle, PHP
Lead Software Engineer
Broomfield or Chicago or Peoria or Irving +1 more
$128k-$209k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Requires experience in software engineering with strong frontend architecture, leading teams, Angular, RxJS, state management, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL, cloud platforms, and heavy use of AI coding assistants.
Angular, RxJS, NgRx, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Express, NestJS, GraphQL, Apollo, WebSockets, AWS, Azure, GCP, Claude, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code
Lead Software Engineer
Maple Grove, Minnesota, United States
$155k-$165k/yr HybridFull Time
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience; strong expertise in application architecture, APIs, databases, cloud technologies, and software engineering best practices; proven experience leading complex technical initiatives.
Lead Software Engineer
United States
OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOEBachelor's degree in computer engineering/computer science or equivalent; 7+ years software engineering; 2+ years technical lead; 5+ years C#/.NET; deep experience with distributed event-driven architectures, CQRS, React, Azure, CI/CD, and AI-assisted development tools.
C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Azure Service Bus, Azure SQL, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Bicep, Terraform, Microsoft Dynamics 365
Lead Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$114k-$167k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering, production support, reliability, or tech-lead experience; hands-on C#, .NET/.NET Core; practical JavaScript; distributed systems; AWS-hosted systems; proven incident leadership; strong communication.
C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaScript, Splunk, New Relic, APM tools, AWS
Lead Software Engineer
New York City, New York, United States
$200k-$250k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE3+ Mgmt10+ years progressive software engineering, 5+ in cloud computing, 3+ years streaming/event processing with Kafka, 3+ years people management, Java and Kafka expertise, GenAI tool proficiency, and ability to lead global teams.
Java, Kafka, KStreams, GitHub Copilot
Lead Software Engineer
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
$113k-$193k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE4+ Mgmt6+ years software engineering with Java and Spring Boot; 6+ years microservices architecture; 5+ years relational databases; 4+ years leading technical design; 4+ years Agile; 4+ years cross-functional collaboration.
Java, Spring Boot, Splunk, Sumo Logic, Postgres, MySQL
Lead Software Engineer
Orlando, Florida, United States
$151k-$202k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years building large-scale software systems, leading engineering teams; strong Java 21, Spring, Microservices, RESTful APIs, Node.js, Angular, DynamoDB, Aurora, MySQL, Kafka, Docker, CI/CD; Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
Java 21, Spring, Microservices, RESTful APIs, Node.js, Angular, DynamoDB, Aurora, MySQL, Kafka, Docker, CI/CD, Splunk, Grafana, AppDynamics, BlueDolphin, AWS, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amazon Q, Claude, Kiro
Lead Software Engineer
Evendale, Ohio, United States
OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOEBachelor's degree in engineering; 3+ years aircraft engine controls or software engineering; U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain security clearance; relocation assistance provided.
MATLAB, Simulink, Python, NPSS, BEACON
Lead Software Engineer
Arlington or Atlanta
$140k-$266k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Strong hands-on software engineering experience building backend services, APIs, full-stack applications, or complex production systems; experience owning technical areas end to end; strong fundamentals in software design, architecture, API design, data modeling, testing, code review, secure coding, performance, and troubleshooting; experience ment...
AI coding tools
Lead Software Engineer
Baltimore or Boston or St. Petersburg or Stamford
$135k-$175k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering; strong Java, microservices, API design, workflow automation; experience with KYC/AML, rule engines (Drools), DocuSign; bachelor's or master's in computer science or engineering.
Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Drools, DocuSign, Camunda, SQL Server, Snowflake, Cosmos DB, MongoDB, Angular, React, LexisNexis, Signa360, Jira, ServiceNow, Kubernetes, Azure
VP, Lead Software Engineer
New York City, New York, United States
$171k-$285k/yr OnsiteFull Time
15+ YOE15+ years software engineering experience with progressive leadership; expertise in cloud, distributed systems, API/microservices, DevSecOps; experience leading large-scale modernization and communicating with executives.
.NET, Angular, AWS, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, CI/CD
Lead Software Engineer
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
RemoteFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; 10+ years software engineering experience; expert in software architecture, cloud (AWS/Azure), infrastructure-as-code, containerization, microservices, APIs, and DevOps; strong communication and leadership.
AWS, Azure, Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD, HCL, REST, SOAP, .NET, C#, Python, Go, Blazor, Angular, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket
Lead Software Engineer
United States
$113k-$193k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software development, 5+ years clinical/healthcare projects, 1+ years AI/LLM experience, leading AI teams, proficiency in Java, Camunda, PostgreSQL, React, Kafka, Elasticsearch.
Java, Camunda, PostgreSQL, React, Kafka, Elasticsearch
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