Player‑Coach Software Lead: Architect, Mentor, AI‑Driven

Confidental; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidental in New York, NY seeks an Engineering Lead who will both lead and code. You will architect, build, and support .NET Core services and Angular apps, while mentoring a team of three engineers and collaborating with product managers and business users.

The role is a player-coach position requiring strong CS fundamentals, a focus on clean code, and experience with AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and improve quality.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building software in an object-oriented language, with C# preferred.
• 2+ years leading and mentoring engineers.
• Experience in web app frameworks such as Angular or React.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of three engineers – setting technical direction, delegating at the right level of detail, and providing growth opportunities.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture and surface issues productively.
• Architect, develop, deploy, and support .NET Core services and Angular web applications – standalone products and extensions of vendor platforms – using a domain-driven design philosophy.
• Spend most of your time contributing technically while leading the team with a high engineering bar grounded in CS fundamentals.
• Conduct code reviews and follow DevOps practices, clean-code conventions, and automated testing to raise quality and reduce defects.
• Embrace AI tools – including Claude Code – to strengthen code development, reduce defects, and increase delivery speed, setting responsible and effective AI-assisted engineering standards.

Skills

8+ years software

Lead/mentor

Angular

React

NET Core

C#

TypeScript

Job description

Confidental in New York, NY seeks an Engineering Lead who will both lead and code. You will architect, build, and support .NET Core services and Angular apps, while mentoring a team of three engineers and collaborating with product managers and business users.

The role is a player-coach position requiring strong CS fundamentals, a focus on clean code, and experience with AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and improve quality.