Senior Lead Software Engineer

NAVEX

16h • $130,000 • Remote

About The Position

At NAVEX, we’re transforming the world—making it safer, more ethical, and ensuring every voice is heard. That’s real impact.
Our high-performance culture is driven by our values. We move with speed, passion and purpose — as one team. We are bold in our ideas, accountable in our actions, and committed to doing the right things right.
At NAVEX you will join our Product Engineering team that shares a passion for designing quality solutions, embracing new technologies and delivering powerful products that help our customers protect their reputation and bottom line.
As our Senior Lead Software Engineer, you will provide technical guidance and oversight. In this role, you will have ample opportunity to explore new value-added product features, invest in product development and tool research, technically lead and mentor a software development team, and grow your career, all while balancing your life priorities.
You’ll thrive in this remote role surrounded by an engaged, collaborative team deeply committed to your success. Join us and help shape what’s next!
What you’ll get:
Meaningful Purpose. Your work helps organizations operate with integrity and protect their people—at a scale few companies can match.
High-Performance Environment. We move with urgency, set ambitious goals, and expect excellence. You’ll be trusted with real ownership and supported to do the best work of your career.
Candid, Supportive Culture. We communicate openly, challenge ideas—not people—and value teammates who embrace bold thinking and continuous improvement.
Growth That Matters. You can count on authentic feedback, strong accountability, and leaders invested in your success so you can achieve real growth.
Rewards for Results. We provide clear, competitive compensation designed to recognize measurable outcomes and real impact.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software development experience and 2+ years people management, leadership or mentorship experience
• Experience working in a web-based or multi-tier system desired
• Experience with object-oriented programming concepts such as design patterns, encapsulation and inheritance as well as database design and software architecture
• Strong knowledge of Agile software development best practices, unit testing, continuous integration, etc.
• Experience debugging and troubleshooting applications with IDE, SQL profiler, Chrome developer tools, etc.
• A self-motivated individual with the ability to learn and come up to speed on new technologies quickly
• Experience with the following technologies: Python and SQL; PostgreSQL and Aurora a plus
• Data manipulation and analysis tools, such as Pandas and NumPy
• Cloud-based database and analytics platforms, such as Snowflake or Databricks
• Containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Airflow)
• Knowledge of GitHub best practices for team development involving feature branches, pull requests, release tags, etc.
• Strong time management, problem solving and critical thinking skills with the ability to identify and influence others on the best solution
• Culture Agility. Comfort working in a fast-paced, candid environment that values innovation, healthy debate, and follow-through
• AI Readiness. Curiosity and willingness to use AI and emerging technologies to elevate your work and deliver smarter outcomes
• Fuel performance and outcomes. Leverage your job competencies and champion NAVEX’s core values

Nice To Haves

• Bonus: experience with machine learning, prompts and AI agents

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers while also being an individual contributor to keep your development skills sharp
• Help team members grow through mentoring, coaching, 1:1s, career planning, performance appraisals, etc.
• Oversee the design and development of product features and modernize technical debt
• Promote opportunities for refactoring by examining patterns of system usage and identifying areas of optimization
• Provide technical oversight for feature development, ensuring appropriate test coverage, and reviewing and approving pull requests
• Remove roadblocks and/or bottlenecks for the team and resolve questions in real time
• Participate in sprint planning for work that will be coming into future sprints and work with the team to help drive sprints to completion
• Participate in elaboration and design sessions with other engineers, architects and product managers, providing constructive and honest feedback during sprint retrospectives for continuous improvement. You will need to understand business requirements and translate business needs into technology solutions
• Take advantage of extensive use of automation, including continuous integration, automated deployments, automated unit and functional testing

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed