Senior Software Engineering Lead — Build and Scale Web Apps

Lincoln Financial Group; Radnor (Delaware County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition assistance program

Leadership development and virtual培训

Job summary

Lincoln Financial Group is seeking a senior technical leader to drive full lifecycle development of web applications and services. You will mentor engineers, advance Agile practices, and align technology with business goals in a hybrid work environment.

Ideal candidates have extensive hands-on experience across frontend, API, and data persistence, with SQL Server proficiency and a background in financial services. Strong strategic and collaboration skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading or mentoring technical teams in web applications.
• 5+ years full lifecycle development experience (design through production support).
• 3+ years full-stack development (frontend, API, integrations, persistence).
• 3+ years of SQL Server database development and complex queries.
• Experience with Agile frameworks and tools (Jira, VersionOne).
• Proven ability to lead distributed teams (onshore/offshore).
• Financial services experience preferred (Life Insurance strongly preferred).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle development: design, build, test, deploy, and monitor web applications and web services.
• Drive IT strategy and engineering best practices (SLAs, release pipelines, technical debt reduction).
• Coach and develop engineers while scaling team capability and performance.
• Champion Agile delivery and continuous improvement across processes and outcomes.
• Partner with leadership to assess and integrate emerging technologies and trends.
• Influence and support enterprise initiatives, including change management efforts.
• Ensure quality, compliance, and strong internal controls across solutions.
• Provide technical leadership on complex initiatives and customer-facing platforms.

Skills

Technical team leadership

Full lifecycle development

Full-stack development

Database development (SQL Server)

Agile tools & frameworks

Distributed team leadership

Financial services experience

Analytical problem solving

Tools

Jira

VersionOne

Job description

Lincoln Financial Group is seeking a senior technical leader to drive full lifecycle development of web applications and services. You will mentor engineers, advance Agile practices, and align technology with business goals in a hybrid work environment.

Ideal candidates have extensive hands-on experience across frontend, API, and data persistence, with SQL Server proficiency and a background in financial services. Strong strategic and collaboration skills are essential.