Lead Software Engineer

Guardian Life

full-time

Posted on: 8/21/2025

Location: 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $116,350 - $191,155 per year

Senior

AWSCloudGraphQLJavaScriptJestNode.jsReactRedisTypeScript

About the role

In this role, you will shape Guardian’s most critical customer-facing digital experiences.
This position requires extensive hands-on technical experience building scalable, performant web applications in a modern cloud environment, working collaboratively with engineers, product, UI/UX, business leaders and data to create best-in-class experiences for our customers.
Be Creative - have the freedom to innovate, modernize and create technical solutions to solve complex business problems
Be Collaborative - work with technical and non-technical teams alike to bring solutions to life
Be Precise - understand the business goals and strategy to empower you to create the right solutions
Be Awesome - launch products that you can be proud of
BA/BS degree in computer science or relevant work experience
Location: Three days a week at a Guardian location in New York, NY, Holmdel, NJ or Bethlehem, PA.
Salary Range: $116,350.00 - $191,155.00

6+ years of experience leading engineering teams, delivering resilient, highly performant, public-facing customer web experiences that have had demonstrative business impact
Highly proficient in Javascript/Typescript (Node/React/Next/NestJS/Jest)
Extensive experience in API development best practices (REST/GraphQL) and integration with third-party systems
Experience with Redis, micro-frontends and micro-services desirable
Mastery of web fundamentals, including vanilla Javascript, HTML, CSS, and web core vitals performance tuning
Experience developing complex applications in an Agile environment as part of a team of engineers, designers, product experts, marketers, and strategists
Experience with modern web application development, including build tools, testing, CI/CD and AWS
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Working knowledge of security best practices, e.g.: OWASP, dealing with PII data
BA/BS degree in computer science or relevant work experience