Lead Software Engineer

Stage Front•Columbia, MD

19d•$150,000 - $155,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead Software Engineer owns the technical execution and day-to-day delivery for an engineering team. This role requires strong organizational skills, the ability to manage multiple priorities in parallel, and hands-on technical leadership. The Lead Software Engineer plans, coordinates, and executes frequent deployments, ensures predictable delivery, mentors engineers, and leverages modern tooling to accelerate high-quality outcomes. The Team This role reports to the Director of Engineering and leads an engineering team of approximately 5 members. The position is hybrid, with at least one day per week on-site at our Columbia, Maryland office.

Requirements

8+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong full-stack expertise with C#/.NET, ASP.NET Core, SQL Server, and Azure
Proven experience leading complex initiatives
Excellent technical communication and decision-making skills
Experience mentoring and guiding engineers
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end technical execution and delivery for the team
Plan, organize, and run code deployments throughout the week, ensuring reliability and clear communication
Break down large initiatives into well-sequenced, executable plans across multiple priorities
Actively manage and balance competing workstreams while maintaining predictable delivery
Remain hands-on with critical code paths and complex technical problems
Enforce standards for code quality, testing, reviews, and deployment practices
Provide day-to-day technical leadership, mentorship, and feedback to engineers
Proactively identify delivery risks, technical debt, and bottlenecks, and drive resolution
Partner closely with Product and Engineering leadership on roadmap planning and execution
Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate coding, testing, debugging, and documentation while maintaining quality