Job Title: Lead Software Engineer
Location: Philadelphia, PA - Hybrid
Duration: Initial 3-month contract with the possibility of extension with the right candidate, seeking a candidate that is wanting to convert to full-time

Job Description:
About the Role
We’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer who is passionate about building scalable, secure, and user-centric digital solutions. Minimum 7 years of experience in this role. This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who thrives in a collaborative Agile environment and is eager to shape the future of our digital portal architecture. You’ll work closely with product owners, architects, and developers to deliver high-quality software that drives real business value.
This is a full-stack leadership role with a strong emphasis on front-end architecture (Angular), back-end APIs (Node.js, GraphQL), and secure cloud deployment (AWS, Akamai WAF). You’ll also mentor team members, promote engineering best practices, and ensure seamless coordination between onshore and offshore teams.
 
Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of digital portal solutions across front-end and back-end systems, ensuring performance, scalability, and security.
• Provide technical guidance to developers and quality engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with product owners and architects to align business goals with technical execution and deliver high-impact features.
• Define and enforce engineering standards, including code reviews, testing strategies, and deployment practices.
• Coordinate with offshore leads and teams, ensuring alignment on priorities, blockers, and delivery timelines.
• Support content readiness by guiding tagging, metadata, and component usage for personalization and accessibility.
• Champion modern development practices, including automated testing, Agile methodologies, and UX collaboration.
• Participate in defect triage and root cause analysis, driving quality improvements and prevention strategies.

 
What You Bring

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams in Agile environments (SAFe Agilte delivery methodology).
• Deep expertise in Angular, Node.js, GraphQL, Typescript, SQL, and Java.
• Strong understanding of web security, including Akamai WAF and AWS-hosted applications.
• Experience with unit testing tools (e.g., JUnit, Mockito, SoapUI) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to mentor and coach developers, encouraging growth and leadership within the team.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Passion for building accessible, compliant, and user-friendly digital products.

 
Must haves:

• Heavy AI requirements
• Ability to drive AI development. Spec driven experience, CoPilot, part of AR strategy.
• Strong leadership/communication.
• Speaks up, takes accountability and helps to drive results.
• Front end development role.
• This person will be the lead design engineer on the project.
• Product is the portal, mynylgbs.com website.
• Strong knowledge in API.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 65.00/hr.