Lead Software Engineer

Franklin Fitch; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Franklin Fitch is seeking a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to drive the design and delivery of enterprise applications. You will own end-to-end technical leadership, mentor engineers, and guide architecture while hands-on coding across modern stacks.

The role emphasizes building scalable Azure-based solutions, collaborating with product, architecture, and business teams to modernize legacy systems and deliver AI-enabled workflow and enterprise software initiatives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with 2-3+ years in technical leadership.
• Strong hands-on full stack development experience.
• C# / .NET and React or Next.js expertise.
• Production experience building Azure-based applications.
• Experience with REST and/or GraphQL APIs, microservices, distributed systems.
• CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.

Responsibilities

• Build and architect production-grade full stack applications.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and engineering guidance.
• Conduct code and design reviews and establish development standards.
• Lead technical planning, solution design, and proof-of-concepts.
• Design APIs, microservices, and distributed applications.
• Build and modernize applications within Microsoft Azure.
• Partner with product and business teams to develop scalable solutions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Full stack dev

Mentoring engineers

Architectural planning

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

C# / .NET

React

Next.js

Azure

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

A well-established law firm is expanding its software engineering team and is looking for a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to help build and modernize enterprise applications.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on software development, architecture, mentoring, and technical planning. You’ll work closely with Product Managers, Architects, and business stakeholders on initiatives involving cloud applications, AI, workflow automation, and enterprise software modernization.

Responsibilities

• Build and architect production-grade full stack applications
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and engineering guidance
• Conduct code and design reviews and establish development standards
• Lead technical planning, solution design, and proof-of-concepts
• Design APIs, microservices, and distributed applications
• Build and modernize applications within Microsoft Azure
• Partner with product and business teams to develop scalable solutions

Current Projects

• Enterprise workflow automation across billing, invoicing, HR, M&A, and pitch/pricing processes
• AI-powered litigation applications
• Modernization of internally developed applications into enterprise-grade software
• Continued development of cloud-based enterprise applications

Required Experience

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 2-3+ years in a technical leadership capacity
• Current or recent Lead Software Engineer experience preferred; strong Senior Engineers with leadership responsibilities considered
• Strong hands-on full stack development experience
• C# / .NET and React or Next.js
• Production experience building applications in Microsoft Azure from the ground up
• Experience with Azure services such as App Service, Container Apps/AKS, Azure SQL, Service Bus, and/or Azure OpenAI
• Strong system design and cloud architecture experience
• REST and/or GraphQL APIs, microservices, and distributed applications
• CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms
• Experience mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and contributing to architecture and technical planning

Nice to Have

• Workflow automation platforms such as n8n or Temporal
• AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code or Codex
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field