Lead Software Engineer

Location: New York City, NY (Hybrid, 3 days per week)

Pay: $200k - $240k Base + Bonus No Sponsorship Offered

About the Opportunity: A rapidly growing organization is hiring a Lead Software Engineer to help drive its next generation of AI-powered software development initiatives. This position will play a critical role in modernising legacy systems, leveraging large language models to improve engineering productivity, and shaping the future of AI-assisted software delivery at scale. This is a highly visible individual contributor opportunity with significant ownership, partnering closely with engineering leadership to influence technical strategy and lead one of the team's key product verticals.

Responsibilities: Partner with engineering leaders to define technical direction and implementation strategy Develop and enhance AI-powered solutions that improve software development workflows Modernise and migrate legacy applications into scalable, maintainable architectures Design and implement full-stack applications using modern Type Script-based technologies Evaluate, deploy, and improve AI agents for coding, code review, and software delivery processes Drive development towards specification-based engineering practices Contribute to production readiness through observability, monitoring, metrics, and alerting Lead technical initiatives across a cross-functional engineering organisation Collaborate with teams to validate system performance and reliability in production Must-

Have Qualifications: 8+ years of software engineering experience Advanced experience with Type Script and modern server-side development frameworks Experience with technologies such as NestJS, Remix, Open Router, or similar platforms Proven exposure to AI, LLMs, AI-assisted development tools, or generative AI initiatives Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline