Lead Software Engineer I
About The Position
We’re looking for a Lead Engineer to join the CoCounsel Applications team and play a hands-on technical leadership role in building and evolving our external integration strategy leveraging MCP and A2A. In this role, you’ll own and deliver full-stack solutions across our frontend and backend systems, lead by example in code, and work closely with product, design, and platform partners to deliver high-impact, customer-facing features. As a Lead Engineer, you will: Build End to End Solutions: Design and implement full-stack features across frontend and backend systems, including hands-on development in our React, Typescript and Python stacks — and direct contribution to AI-powered capabilities such as agentic workflows, LLM integrations, and MCP/A2A-based tooling. Set Technical Standards: Establish and uphold best practices for code quality, performance, accessibility, testing, and maintainability, leading by example through reviews and contributions. Collaborate Cross Functionally: Partner closely with product, design, and backend teams to shape requirements, define APIs, and deliver cohesive user experiences. Drive Execution: Break down complex initiatives, provide reliable estimates, and help the team deliver work from development through production. Mentor Engineers: Support the growth of other engineers through pairing, code reviews, and ongoing technical guidance.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production web applications used by real customers, with active, hands-on coding contributions in the last 2–3 years.
- Some experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React, along with a solid understanding of TypeScript and frontend architecture.
- Strong experience building APIs and services with Python as a core language, and working familiarity with GenAI concepts including prompt engineering, agentic system design, LLM orchestration frameworks, and some familiarity with MCP/A2A.
- Proven ability to lead through influence rather than authority, improving systems, reducing technical debt, and guiding architectural decisions.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, with strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
Nice To Haves
- BA or BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with performance optimization for web applications, including monitoring, profiling, and tuning for scale.
- Hands-on experience building AI-powered product features, including working with LLM APIs, RAG pipelines, or agentic workflows in a production environment.
- Familiarity with AI/ML infrastructure including vector databases, model serving, and cost/latency optimization for LLM-powered features.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement full-stack features across frontend and backend systems, including hands-on development in our React, Typescript and Python stacks — and direct contribution to AI-powered capabilities such as agentic workflows, LLM integrations, and MCP/A2A-based tooling.
- Establish and uphold best practices for code quality, performance, accessibility, testing, and maintainability, leading by example through reviews and contributions.
- Partner closely with product, design, and backend teams to shape requirements, define APIs, and deliver cohesive user experiences.
- Break down complex initiatives, provide reliable estimates, and help the team deliver work from development through production.
- Support the growth of other engineers through pairing, code reviews, and ongoing technical guidance.
Benefits
- Hybrid Work Model
- Flexibility & Work-Life Balance
- Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year
- Career Development and Growth
- Grow My Way programming
- Flexible vacation
- Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
- Access to the Headspace app
- Retirement savings
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee incentive programs
- Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
- Two paid volunteer days off annually
- Opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
- Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs
- Competitive 401k plan with company match
- Competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Parental leave
- Sabbatical leave
- Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee
- Optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- Fitness reimbursement
- Access to Employee Assistance Program
- Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee
- Access to 529 Plan
- Commuter benefits
- Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance
- Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
