Lead Platform Engineer — AI-Driven, Cloud-Native

Inspira Financial; Oak Brook (IL); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) Savings plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Inspira Financial is seeking a Lead Platform Software Engineer to join our growing team. You will own the full software development lifecycle, from conception to deployment, across front-end and back-end stacks.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product and design leaders to deliver consumer-facing digital products. You will leverage AI responsibly to accelerate development, improve code quality, and solve complex problems, while maintaining a strong emphasis on security, scalability, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software or solution architecture experience.
• Experience designing and implementing complex enterprise solutions.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture principles and patterns.
• Experience with cloud platforms and modern delivery patterns.
• Prototyping and problem solving with AI tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test applications (APIs, web apps) per standards.
• Lead product delivery teams with Product and Design Leaders.
• Set short- to medium-term technical direction and plans.
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and code.
• Package and support deployment of releases.
• Collaborate to evolve architecture for scaling needs.
• Ensure non-functional requirements: security, performance, scalability, usability.
• Work in an Agile framework to improve developer experience and productivity.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and best practices.
• Own AI-assisted code with strong engineering judgment.

Skills

Node.js

React

TypeScript

Apollo GraphQL

Git Version Control

PostgreSQL

Google Cloud

Jest

Docker Container

CI/CD Pipelines

Cloud platforms (GCP)

Excellent communication

Attention to detail

Web portals & online payments

Agile/Scrum

Secure, high performance systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience

Job description

Inspira Financial is seeking a Lead Platform Software Engineer to join our growing team. You will own the full software development lifecycle, from conception to deployment, across front-end and back-end stacks.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product and design leaders to deliver consumer-facing digital products. You will leverage AI responsibly to accelerate development, improve code quality, and solve complex problems, while maintaining a strong emphasis on security, scalability, and