Lead Software Engineer

Job overview

The Lead Software Engineer is a hands-on technical leader responsible for driving the full-stack design, development, and delivery of software solutions across one or more high-velocity engineering teams. This is an onsite role based in Candler-McAfee, GA, with a salary range of $122,600 - $204,400 per year. The role supports the engineering and product development team at Cox Automotive. This position exists to lead architectural and technical design decisions, mentor engineers, and drive innovation using a modern AI-first mindset. The role involves full-stack development, serverless architecture implementation, and rapid prototyping to support fast-moving engineering cycles.

What you'll do

• Lead architectural and technical design
• decompose epics into implementation plans
• review code
• drive root-cause analysis
• develop full-stack applications using React, TypeScript, Flutter, Python, and Node.js
• build APIs
• implement CI/CD
• mentor engineers.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

day shift

candler-mcafee ga

cox automotive

lead software engineer

full-stack

aws

serverless

ai

engineering

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Flexible vacation, seven paid holidays, up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually, bereavement leave, parental leave

Why this role

AI-first mindset, AWS serverless expertise

About the employer

Cox Automotive is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.