Hybrid Lead Software Engineer

at Best Egg

• Job title: Lead Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $110,000 - $130,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Docker, DynamoDB, Java, NoSQL, Postgres, Python, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Wilmington, United States

About the role

• Lead Software Engineer II developing high-quality engineering solutions at Best Egg. Collaborating with teams and contributing to scalable, secure systems within financial technology sector.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally.
• Take ownership of key components and services—from hands-on coding to deployment and monitoring.
• Participate in technical design discussions and contribute architectural insights, working with senior leaders to shape solutions.
• Ensure software follows modern engineering practices, including clean code, testing, automation, and cloud-native patterns.
• Support continuous improvement in code quality, reliability, performance, and developer experience.
• Translate business requirements into clear technical tasks and help validate assumptions and approaches.
• Build and enhance distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native solutions in AWS.
• Apply cloud best practices—security, cost awareness, performance, and operational efficiency—under guidance of senior engineers.
• Contribute to observability through metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and alerts.
• Assist in performance tuning, resiliency improvements, and troubleshooting production issues to ensure system stability.
• Mentor and support junior engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate effectively with Product, Architecture, InfoSec, and DevOps to deliver well-aligned solutions.
• Contribute to a culture of learning, curiosity, and continuous improvement within the engineering team.
• Take ownership of core components or services.
• Deliver high-quality, production-ready code and contribute meaningfully to team goals.
• Build strong working relationships within the engineering and product teams.
• Lead development of one or more important services with increasing autonomy.
• Help improve system performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Support and elevate engineering practices through mentorship, reviews, and process improvements.

Requirements

• 5–7 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong backend development experience with Java and Python.
• Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling, and query optimization.
• Working knowledge of AWS cloud architecture, services, and best practices.
• Experience with modern databases (relational and NoSQL) such as DynamoDB, RDS, PostgreSQL, DocumentDB.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and container orchestration systems (ECS/EKS preferred).
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as CloudWatch or Datadog.
• Experience developing and maintaining complex codebases through the use of AI and Agentic tools such as Cursor, Codex, and ChatGTP.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and participate in design discussions.
• Experience mentoring and supporting other engineers.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams.
• Comfort working in Agile environments with iterative delivery and shared ownership.
• Ability to bring clarity to complex situations and drive work forward with teammates.

Benefits

• Pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings plans with a competitive company matching program
• Generous paid time-off plans including vacation, personal/sick time, paid short-- term and long-term disability leaves, paid parental leave, and paid company holidays
• Multiple health care plans to choose from, including dental and vision options
• Flexible Spending Plans for Health Care, Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
• Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, wellness platforms, employee assistance programs, and Health Advocate programs
• Other great discounted benefits include identity theft protection, pet insurance, fitness center reimbursements, and many more!