Lead Software Engineer

American Family Insurance

Lead Software Engineer at American Family Insurance managing enterprise migration projects. Collaborating with teams to deliver applications and provide technical guidance across platforms.

Posted 7/13/2026full-timeMadison • Massachusetts, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $131,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading enterprise migration projects, providing technical guidance, and developing complex software solutions. Proficient in analyzing system specifications, defining development standards, and ensuring effective communication across teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Enterprise Migration Project LeadershipComplex Software DevelopmentTechnical Guidance and MentorshipSystems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Infrastructure Technologies Knowledge

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Hard Skills

Programming LanguagesSystem AnalysisSoftware Design StandardsIntegration StrategiesMigration TechnologiesProject EstimationApplication ArchitectureDocumentation StandardsDevelopment Best PracticesProof of Concept Development

Soft Skills

Customer-Driven SolutionsTechnical CommunicationCross-Team CoordinationStakeholder EngagementMentoring

Industry Keywords

System SpecificationsBusiness RequirementsUse CasesDesign DecisionsPerformance MetricsData UsageManual ProcessesAutomated ProcessesDevelopment WalkthroughsResource Estimation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

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About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a large-scale enterprise migration project, driving planning, execution, and cross-team coordination
Provide early-phase project expertise (resource/skill/time estimates, tool/technology selection, and proof of concept participation)
Analyze high-level system specifications, business requirements, and use cases; identify system dependencies and impacts
Translate requirements into detailed specifications and system design plans for the development team
Validate complex design decisions with stakeholders; provide advanced coding guidance to mitigate high-risk features and technical challenges
Create and maintain required documentation (design decisions, estimating assumptions, code modules, performance metrics) in alignment with organizational standards
Define, conduct, and mentor others on development standards and best practices
Lead development walkthroughs
Partner with teams to evaluate system flows, data usage, and manual/automated processes to confirm requirements and solution effectiveness

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support, or service
Demonstrated experience analyzing and understanding complex software/systems
Demonstrated experience communicating technical information
Demonstrated experience developing different solution-delivery and design approaches and solutions to customers
Demonstrated experience developing complex software/systems using one or more programming languages
Demonstrated experience analyzing and estimating project size and work efforts for software solutions
Demonstrated experience providing technical guidance to less experienced staff
Extensive knowledge and understanding of software development and design standards and methodologies
Extensive knowledge and understanding of infrastructure technologies, operating systems, and the interconnectivity between infrastructure platforms and software tools
Extensive knowledge and understanding of systems development life cycle (SDLC)
Solid knowledge and understanding of application architecture and design alternatives
Solid knowledge and understanding of integration and migration strategies and technologies

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits
Competitive 401(k) contribution
Pension plan
Annual incentive
9 paid holidays
Paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees)
Student loan repayment program
Paid-family leave