Lead Software Engineer

Allegion is a global leader in security solutions, dedicated to keeping people safe and secure. The Lead Software Engineer will provide technical leadership across critical enterprise applications, focusing on development, best practices, and modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical owner for multiple core applications, ensuring stability, performance, and reliability
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues; drive root-cause analysis and long-term remediation
• Maintain and enhance existing systems while identifying opportunities to refactor, modularize, or modernize legacy components
• Develop and maintain documentation, architectural diagrams, and support playbooks
• Provide direction to engineers, contractors, and cross-functional partners during design, development, and code review activities
• Set and enforce coding standards, architectural principles, and quality practices
• Mentor team members through knowledge-sharing, design sessions, and pair programming
• Influence architectural decisions across Core Services, aligning with enterprise engineering standards
• Improve CI/CD pipelines to increase reliability, automation, and deployment frequency
• Partner closely with platform/infrastructure teams on cloud services, operational tooling, and production readiness
• Enhance observability (dashboards, logs, metrics, alerts) and ensure services meet SLAs
• Promote DevOps culture across the team—automation-first, shift-left on quality, and continuous improvement
• Work closely with product owners, business partners, analysts, QA, and support teams to deliver value
• Break down complex requirements into technical tasks and lead implementation efforts
• Serve as a technical liaison for project work, security initiatives, audits, and architecture reviews
• Communicate technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders
• Contribute to cloud migration efforts, legacy modernization, and long-term architecture roadmap
• Evaluate new frameworks, tools, and technologies that could improve reliability or velocity
• Identify bottlenecks in systems and processes, proposing and implementing improvements

Requirements:

• BA/BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong skills in modern programming languages (e.g., C#, .NET, Java, Python, or similar)
• Experience with cloud technologies (preferably Azure)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevOps tooling
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and debugging skills
• Experience supporting production systems in a complex enterprise environment
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in different time zones