Lead Software Engineer

Voya Financial, Inc.; Michigan; On-site; USD 137,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company matching

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Volunteer time

Job summary

Voya Financial, Inc. is seeking a Lead Engineer to shape front-end strategy, mentor engineers, and build high-performance web experiences. You will lead a team, drive best practices, and influence architecture while delivering intuitive interfaces at scale.

You will collaborate with designers, product leaders, and back-end engineers, ensuring accessibility, maintainability, and robust deployments in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of front-end development experience with at least 2 years in a leadership or mentoring role.
• Expertise in JavaScript (ES6+) and modern front-end frameworks (React, Angular, Vue.js, Next.js).
• Deep knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, responsive design, and accessibility (WCAG).
• Experience with architecture, state management, and design systems.
• Strong REST/GraphQL data handling; cloud experience with Azure or AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of user-facing features with modern front-end frameworks.
• Enforce front-end best practices in coding, testing, performance, and accessibility.
• Architect and maintain scalable component libraries and design systems.
• Collaborate with product, design, and back-end engineers to translate requirements.
• Conduct code reviews and mentoring to grow front-end team skills.
• Drive performance optimization for fast, responsive experiences.
• Address architectural challenges with balance of immediate and long-term needs.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and reliable front-end deployments.
• Champion accessibility and responsive design across devices.
• Stay current with front-end trends and participate in roadmap planning.
• Monitor production issues to ensure high availability and resilience.

Skills

Front-end leadership

JavaScript (ES6+)

React

Angular

Vue.js

Next.js

HTML5

CSS3

WCAG accessibility

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

Azure / AWS cloud

Git collaboration

CI/CD tooling

Tools

Azure

AWS

Git

Jenkins

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future. We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future. We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today. Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action. We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision. Are you ready to join a company with a strong purpose and a winning culture?

About the Position

We are seeking a Lead Engineer who is passionate about building high-performance, intuitive, and scalable web experiences. In this role, you will set the technical direction for development, lead by example, and collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and product leaders to deliver seamless and engaging digital interfaces. As a technical leader, you will be hands‑on in development while mentoring engineers, driving best practices, and influencing architectural decisions. You thrive on writing clean, maintainable code, growing team capabilities, and delivering exceptional user experiences at scale. If you’re excited about shaping front‑end strategy, fostering engineering excellence, and building industry‑leading interfaces, we’d love to connect.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of user-facing features using modern front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue.js, or Next.js.
• Define and enforce front-end best practices in coding, testing, performance optimization, and accessibility.
• Architect and maintain scalable component libraries and design systems to promote consistency across applications.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and back-end engineers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Conduct code reviews, technical deep-dives, and mentoring sessions to grow the skills of front-end team members.
• Drive front-end performance optimization, ensuring fast load times and smooth interactions across devices and browsers.
• Proactively identify and resolve architectural challenges, balancing immediate needs with long‑term scalability.
• Contribute to and enhance CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth and reliable deployment of front-end code.
• Champion accessibility and responsive design, ensuring all users have a high-quality experience.
• Stay current with front-end trends and technologies, assessing their relevance for our tech stack and processes.
• Participate in agile ceremonies and contribute to roadmap planning and technical strategy discussions.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production issues, ensuring high availability and system resilience.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional front-end development experience, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership or mentorship role.
• Expertise in JavaScript (ES6+) and strong proficiency in modern front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue.js, or Next.js.
• Deep knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, responsive design, and accessibility (WCAG standards).
• Experience with front-end architecture, state management patterns, and design systems.
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and asynchronous data handling.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms like Azure or AWS.
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git), code review practices, and collaborative workflows.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Terraform, and GitHub Actions is a plus.
• Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive technical decisions.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, with a growth mindset.

Compensation Pay Disclosure

Pay Disclosure: Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities. The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long‑term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part‑time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

$136,560 - $170,700 USD

Be Well. Stay Well.

Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.

What We Offer

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year
• Learn more about Voya benefits (download PDF)

Critical Skills

• Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
• Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well‑reasoned solution.
• Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
• Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
• Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Voya Financial is an equal‑opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.

Reasonable Accommodations

Voya is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Voya will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please reference resources for applicants with disabilities.

Misuse of Voya's name in fraud schemes Voya Financial, Inc., is a leading retirement, employee benefits and investment management company. Voya’s services and solutions help clear the path to financial confidence and a more fulfilling life for individual, workplace and institutional clients, supporting more than 18 million customer relationships. Certified as a “Great Place to Work” by the Great Place to Work® Institute, Voya fosters a culture that values customer centricity, integrity, accountability, agility and inclusivity. Together with customers and partners, Voya employees fight for everyone's opportunity for a better financial future. For more information visit https://www.voya.com/ Voya’s values serve as our compass, bringing together our culture, performance, brand, vision, strategy and corporate responsibility activities. Our values guide our decision‑making and behaviors allowing us to deliver worth to our customers, distribution partners, shareholders and each other. With a lens on balance, health & welfare, our work environment offers flexibility. The majority of our roles have adopted a hybrid schedule — working some days in the office and some days remotely, providing flexibility for work‑life balance and still allowing the benefit of in‑person collaboration. Some functions will continue to be 100% on‑site and others may be fully remote, depending on business needs. We care We do the right thing We have customer passion We have a winning spirit We are the We Certified by the Great Place to Work® Institute as a Great Place to Work® for the 10th consecutive year, Voya is equally committed to conducting business in a way that is socially, environmentally, economically and ethically responsible. Voya’s culture is proudly recognized by multiple organizations. See a full listing of our awards and recognition.