Lead Software Engineer

Job overview

The Lead Software Engineer is an onsite role based in Atlanta, GA, with a salary range of $122,600.00 - $204,400.00 per year. This position supports the engineering and product development department at Cox Automotive, a company dedicated to automotive industry innovation. The role serves as a hands-on technical leader responsible for driving full-stack design, development, and delivery of software solutions. It involves guiding high-velocity engineering teams, mentoring staff, and utilizing modern AI-first tools to accelerate innovation and architectural excellence.

What you'll do

• Lead architectural and technical design decisions
• decompose epics into implementation plans
• review code and pull requests
• design and deploy full-stack applications using React, TypeScript, Flutter, Dart, Python, and Node.js
• build scalable REST and GraphQL APIs
• implement CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
• lead serverless-first AWS architecture
• prototype with GenAI platforms
• mentor engineers.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

day shift

atlanta ga

lead software engineer

react

typescript

aws

serverless

genai

full-stack

$122k-$204k/yr

cox automotive

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Flexible paid vacation, seven paid holidays, up to 160 hours of paid wellness time, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

Why this role

Requires 2+ years of hands-on AWS serverless experience and proficiency in AI-assisted engineering.

About the employer

Cox Automotive is hiring for this role. Industry: Custom Computer Programming Services. Sector: 54.