Lead Software Engineer
Cox Enterprises, Inc.24 hours ago
Atlanta, GA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$123k - $204k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead architectural and technical design decisions for features, services, and platforms.
- Decompose epics into implementation plans, review designs and code changes, and manage technical risks and dependencies.
- Design, develop, test, and deploy full-stack web, mobile, cross-platform, and backend applications.
- Build scalable APIs and event-driven serverless architectures on AWS.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, blue/green deployments, observability, automated testing, and monitoring.
- Drive root-cause analysis and resolution of complex production issues.
- Prototype product concepts with Claude, Amazon Bedrock, and other generative AI platforms, and establish team standards for AI-assisted engineering.
- Lead and mentor a small engineering team while partnering with Product Managers, Architects, and QA.
- Participate in rotational on-call duties outside standard business hours when required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 4 years, a Ph.D. and 1 year, or 18 years of related experience.
- Full-stack fluency across React and TypeScript, Flutter and Dart, and Python or Node.js.
- At least 2 years of hands-on AWS serverless experience with Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, and EventBridge.
- Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, serverless deployment patterns, and production delivery.
- Professional experience rapidly prototyping with AI or generative AI tools.
- Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring small engineering teams.
- Understanding of prompt engineering, context management, and AI tool limitations.
- Ability to evaluate AI-generated output for correctness, security, and production readiness.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with the ability to work remotely part of the week.
- Flexible paid vacation consistent with job duties and company needs.
- Seven paid holidays annually and up to 160 hours of paid wellness time.
- Additional paid leave may include bereavement, voting, jury duty, volunteer, military, and parental leave.
- Eligible benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, sick leave, and additional paid time off.
- Employment requires a pre-employment drug test; marijuana is not currently included in testing for this position.
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About Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Cox Enterprises is a privately held, Atlanta-based company operating businesses in broadband and automotive services. Through Cox Communications, it provides internet, voice, and video to residential and business customers; through Cox Automotive, it runs marketplaces and dealer software including Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, and Manheim. Founded in 1898, the family-owned company also invests in sustainable technologies and other growth ventures.