Lead Software Engineer
About The Position
Lincoln Financial is seeking a hands-on Development Lead to drive delivery in a full-stack environment within a mature Agile value stream. This player-coach role balances solution delivery with team leadership, mentoring, and continuous improvement. The Lead will promote a “you build it, you own it” culture, shape a high-performing team, and act as a technical subject matter expert focused on customer-centric web solutions and automation. The role provides technical leadership for customer-facing platforms and complex initiatives, overseeing the full application lifecycle from design and development through testing, deployment, and monitoring. It also supports engineering strategy and best practices, team capability development, Agile delivery, emerging technology assessment, enterprise change initiatives, and quality, compliance, and internal controls. The position is hybrid, with employees working three days a week in a Lincoln office. Listed locations are Radnor, Pennsylvania; Charlotte and Greensboro, North Carolina; and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Relocation assistance is not available. The pay range is $120,375–$192,600, with anticipated new-hire pay between the range minimum and midpoint. The role may also be eligible for the discretionary Annual Incentive Program and other rewards.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience leading or mentoring technical teams in web application environments.
- At least 5 years of full-lifecycle development experience, from design through production support.
- At least 3 years of full-stack development experience covering frontend, APIs, integrations, and persistence.
- At least 3 years of database development, including tables, views, stored procedures, functions, and complex queries, especially in Microsoft SQL Server.
- Strong DevOps experience, including CI/CD pipelines and automation.
- Experience with Java, Spring, Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS.
- Experience with Agile frameworks and tools such as Jira or VersionOne.
- Ability to lead distributed onshore and offshore teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Financial Services experience preferred; Life Insurance experience strongly preferred, and Annuities experience is a plus.
- Experience with enterprise job schedulers such as StoneBranch.
Responsibilities
- Lead full-lifecycle development of web applications and web services, including design, building, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- Drive IT strategy and engineering best practices, including service-level agreements, release pipelines, and technical debt reduction.
- Coach and develop engineers while increasing team capability and performance.
- Champion Agile delivery and continuous improvement across processes and outcomes.
- Partner with leadership to assess and integrate emerging technologies and trends.
- Influence and support enterprise initiatives, including change management efforts.
- Ensure quality, compliance, and strong internal controls across solutions.
- Provide technical leadership on complex initiatives and customer-facing platforms.
Benefits
- Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, with associated behaviors for Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes.
- Leadership development and virtual training opportunities.
- PTO and parental leave.
- Competitive 401(k) and employee benefits.
- Free financial counseling, health coaching, and employee assistance program.
- Tuition assistance program.
- Work arrangements that work for you.
- Productivity and technology tools and training.
- Potential eligibility for the discretionary Annual Incentive Program and other rewards, including long-term incentives and sales incentives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
