Software Engineering Lead

Bessemer Trust; Port Reading (NJ); On-site; USD 200,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

401(k) with profit-sharing

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision

Paid holidays and vacation

Parental leave

Hybrid/onsite work environment

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Job summary

Bessemer Trust in Port Reading, New Jersey, is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Lead to architect, build, and maintain scalable, secure enterprise applications. As a hands-on leader, you will guide front-end and back-end teams, integrate external APIs, and drive CI/CD with security-first practices while collaborating with stakeholders.

The role emphasizes mentoring, design reviews, production support, and delivering reliable software using C#/.NET, React, TypeScript, and AWS cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering, including system design and production support.
• Hands-on full‑stack and cloud‑native development experience.
• Experience building modern web apps with React (18+), TypeScript, and component frameworks like MUI.
• Strong API design/integration (REST/GraphQL) and distributed systems.
• Relational DBs, SQL optimization, and data modeling.
• Experience with system architecture, CI/CD, testing, production support, debugging, and security‑first practices.
• Ability to lead technical delivery, mentor engineers, review work, and coordinate vendors/integrators.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, development, and maintenance of secure, enterprise applications (C#/.NET + React/TypeScript).
• Design and integrate connections across external APIs, internal systems, and vendor platforms.
• Act as technical lead and contributor through implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Drive CI/CD excellence with automated testing and secure coding standards.
• Review designs, code, tests, and deliverables for quality, security, and scalability.
• Mentor engineers, perform code reviews, and maintain technical documentation.
• Collaborate with Business Solution Engineers, QA, and stakeholders to ensure delivery.
• Communicate complex concepts clearly to technical and non‑technical audiences.

Skills

React 18+

TypeScript

C#

.NET

API design

CI/CD pipelines

Security-first development

Mentoring engineers

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS (ECS/EKS or Lambda)

S3

RDS/Aurora

DynamoDB

API Gateway

CloudWatch

IaC tooling

Job description

As a Software Engineering Lead, you will play a crucial role in leading the development and maintenance of innovative, scalable, and secure applications that support the firm’s strategic objectives. Your expertise in front-end and back-end development, cloud infrastructure, vendor implementation and integration, and automation will be critical in building transformative digital products.

This is a hands‑on individual contributor role. You will help establish technical direction, contribute directly to implementation, guide engineers, and coordinate third‑party platform providers and implementation partners. You will work closely with internal stakeholders to translate business requirements into reliable, intuitive, and maintainable technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, development, and maintenance of secure, n‑tier enterprise applications, combining robust backend services using C# and .NET with scalable, reusable frontends using React 18+, TypeScript, and component‑based UI frameworks such as MUI.
• Design and integrate resilient connections across external APIs, internal systems, and vendor platforms.
• Serve as the technical lead and an active contributor throughout implementation, including application development, configuration, integration, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Drive CI/CD excellence through automated testing (unit, integration, end‑to‑end), strong debugging practices, and adherence to security‑first coding standards to protect sensitive client data.
• Review technical designs, code, test coverage, and implementation deliverables to ensure quality, security, scalability, and alignment with established standards.
• Mentor engineers, contribute to code reviews, promote best practices, and maintain clear technical documentation.
• Work closely with cross‑functional teams, including Business Solution Engineers, QA, and business stakeholders, to ensure successful project delivery.
• Clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, including system design, development, testing, and production support.
• Hands‑on experience with modern full‑stack development and cloud‑native application development
• Experience building modern web applications using React (18+), TypeScript, and component‑based UI frameworks (e.g., MUI).
• Solid experience with API design and integration (REST, GraphQL) and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of relational databases, SQL optimization, and data modeling.
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• Experience with system architecture, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, production support, debugging, and security‑first development practices.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical delivery, contribute directly to implementation, mentor engineers, review technical work, and coordinate third‑party vendors or system integrators.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and explain complex technical concepts clearly.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience with AWS services, such as (ECS/EKS or Lambda), API Gateway, S3, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, SNS/SQS, CloudWatch.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools.
• Experience in developing portfolio management and trading applications and working with third party wealth management and order management platforms.

The base salary range for this position is $200,000.00 - $230,000.00 per year. This range reflects the minimum and maximum base salary we reasonably expect to pay for this role.

In addition, this position may be eligible to participate in the relevant business unit’s incentive compensation plan, and other compensation programs as applicable. Eligible employees may participate in a 401(k) program with a generous profit‑sharing contribution, medical, prescription dental, and vision coverage; life insurance; disability coverage; paid holidays; vacation; and sick time, subject to plan terms and Company policies.

About Bessemer Trust

• Bessemer Trust is a family office, overseeing $250 billion in assets for 3,000 individuals and families of substantial wealth. Its more than 1,300 employees are singularly focused on private wealth management — disciplined investment management, sophisticated wealth planning, comprehensive family office services, and highly personalized client service.
• Established in 1907 as the family office for Annie and Henry Phipps, Bessemer Trust is in its seventh generation of ownership by the Phipps family. As a self‑made entrepreneur, Henry Phipps was a founding partner and chief financial officer of Carnegie Steel.
• Bessemer Trust retains its original focus as a privately owned and independent wealth manager deeply committed to its mission of providing peace of mind to its clients. Bessemer’s adherence to putting clients’ interests first, fiduciary mindset, and highly collaborative culture are at the heart of everything the firm does.

Key Facts

• For more than 119 years, Bessemer Trust has operated continuously in a single line of business, independently owned by one family.
• Headquartered in New York’s Rockefeller Center, Bessemer Trust has 22 offices in total. Woodbridge, NJ, is one of the firm’s largest offices, which hosts a wide range of technology and operations professionals. In addition to its sizable presence in New York and Woodbridge, the firm provides client service through offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Delaware, Denver, Garden City, Grand Cayman, Greenwich, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Naples, Nevada, Palm Beach, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Stuart, and Washington, D.C.
• To watch a video about Bessemer Trust’s history, click here.
• To learn more about Bessemer Trust, click here.

About Our Employee Rewards And Benefits

• We provide exceptional rewards and benefits that are among the best in the industry, giving our people access to a wide range of options, including:
• Competitive base salary plus discretionary annual bonus for select positions
• A 401(k) plan with a generous annual profit‑sharing contribution
• Personalized development and career opportunities, including tuition reimbursement support
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with zero contributions for employee coverage
• Employee assistance (EAP) and wellness programs
• Hybrid work environment: 60% in office, 40% remote for most positions
• Paid time off and paid parental leave
• Employer-paid life insurance and short‑and‑long‑term disability coverage
• Legal services and financial wellness plans at no cost to employees

Bessemer Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply.