Lead Software Engineer - Hands-On Team Leader

DIGITAL HARBOR, Inc.; Lehi (UT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Harbor, Inc. in Utah seeks a hands-on Senior Software Engineer – Team Lead to build features, guide day-to-day technical decisions, mentor engineers, and drive reliable delivery. This player-coach role focuses on writing code, removing blockers, and improving engineering quality, not owning enterprise-wide architecture.

You’ll collaborate with Product Management, QA, and DevOps, champion quality practices, and use AI-assisted tools to enhance coding and testing.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software development experience building and maintaining production web applications.
• 2+ years of technical leadership or mentoring other engineers while remaining hands-on.
• Experience with reusable components, REST APIs, client-server applications, debugging, and performance.
• Working knowledge of Git, automated testing, CI/CD, Agile delivery, and manual user-centered testing of product behavior.
• Ability to investigate root causes, make sound implementation decisions, collaborate across functions, and communicate clearly.
• Practical familiarity with responsible AI-assisted software development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, deploy, and maintain responsive web applications and live formatted typing experiences that support social interaction and collaboration.
• Lead day-to-day technical execution: break down work, clarify implementation approaches, remove blockers, and coordinate delivery with Product Management, QA, and DevOps.
• Mentor engineers through pairing, technical discussions, actionable feedback, and practical engineering guidance.
• Champion manual user-focused testing alongside automated tests, automated code reviews, CI/CD, and maintainable development practices.
• Use AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully for coding, debugging, tests, and documentation while validating outputs.
• Communicate estimates, technical trade-offs, dependencies, and risks; improve team practices without introducing unnecessary complexity.

Skills

Hands-on leadership

Mentoring engineers

Agile delivery

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Automated testing

REST APIs

AWS/cloud

Job description

Digital Harbor, Inc. in Utah seeks a hands-on Senior Software Engineer – Team Lead to build features, guide day-to-day technical decisions, mentor engineers, and drive reliable delivery. This player-coach role focuses on writing code, removing blockers, and improving engineering quality, not owning enterprise-wide architecture.

You’ll collaborate with Product Management, QA, and DevOps, champion quality practices, and use AI-assisted tools to enhance coding and testing.