Lead Software Development Engineer

Labcorp is a leader in diagnostics, drug development and healthcare innovation. They are seeking a Lead Software Development Engineer to join their Corporate IT application development team in Durham, NC, focusing on designing and developing scalable enterprise applications and RESTful APIs.

Responsibilities:

• Lead design and development of scalable enterprise applications and RESTful APIs
• Define and enforce architecture standards for microservices and cloud-native platforms
• Develop Full Stack services in Polyglot fashion
• Develop AI stack architecture working with various model serving platforms, e.g. TensorFlow Serving
• Collaborate with Product, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders in Agile teams
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines using CI/CD tools
• Implement test-driven development and maintain high code quality standards
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across teams
• Leverage AI tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, Replit) to improve development productivity and quality

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10 or more years' of experience in software development
• 10 or more years' of experience developing enterprise applications using Java or Python
• 3 or more years' of experience designing large-scale application architectures
• 3 or more years' of experience building RESTful APIs and microservices
• 3 or more years' of experience working with Spring Framework (Spring Boot, MVC, Security)
• 3 or more years' of experience using CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Maven or Gradle, Git)
• 2 or more years' of Machine Learning Ops (ML Ops) design, development and implementation
• 1 or more years' of experience working with cloud platforms (AWS or similar)
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in Agile/Scrum environments
• Ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams
• Capability to mentor and guide engineering teams
• 2 or more years' of experience with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes or OpenShift)
• 2 or more years' of experience with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar)
• 2 or more years' of experience of working with messaging services such as SQS, Kafka, IBM MQ, or Kinesis
• 2 or more years' of experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• 1 or more years' of experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB or DynamoDB)
• 1 or more years' of experience building front-end applications using Angular, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
• 1 or more years' of experience integrating AI tools into software development workflows
• 1 or more years' of experience with automated testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito)
• Current or prior Labcorp experience