Lead Software Engineer

Lennar is one of the nation's leading homebuilders, dedicated to making an impact and creating an extraordinary experience for their Homeowners, Communities, and Associates. They are seeking a talented Lead Software Engineer to join their team, responsible for designing, developing, testing, and deploying software applications while collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with project stakeholders (product owners, UX researchers, data team, QA team, project managers, cross team leads and designers) to understand functional and non-functional requirements
• Promote a collaborative team environment and work closely with colleagues to achieve business objectives
• Responsible for planning work estimation and forecasting
• Adhere to architecture, design, implementation, security standards and best practices
• Investigate and propose solutions to development and design problems
• Conduct analysis to determine integration needs, and design and plan integrations
• Prepare technical documentation, including software design evaluation plans and test results
• Write high-quality code that satisfies customer needs and strives for simplicity, clarity, and testability
• Implement unit and integration tests and conduct functional and performance testing where appropriate
• Participate in code reviews or use collaborative programming techniques to promote high quality business outcomes
• Develop reusable software building blocks to enable faster delivery
• Improve performance of existing software by diagnosing and resolving critical issues
• Establish development practices and processes
• Manage and mentor software engineers Lead full-stack delivery across Python and FastAPI backend services and TypeScript and React frontend applications, including AWS infrastructure deployed via Terraform and GitHub Actions
• Direct AI coding agents (Cursor, Claude, or similar) to accelerate development while owning code quality and review standards

Requirements:

• Master's degree in computer science and worked at a company for 5+ years with web technology stack and web standards
• OR
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer information systems or equivalent degree and worked at a company for 7+ years with web technology stack and web standards
• Growth mindset and a willingness to learn new skills, technologies, and frameworks
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Proven track record for managing a team of developers to achieve company goals
• Proven track record for architecting, scaling and implementing complex technical solutions
• Proven track record of leadership in Agile environments, with excellent communication and collaboration skills, and a passion for mentoring and empowering team members
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing
• Strong expertise in JavaScript (7+ years) with deep understanding of advanced principles of client-side and server-side development
• High proficiency in React.js (5+ years), with a solid background in building performant UI components with modern hooks and design patterns
• Strong command of semantic HTML and modern CSS, including CSS-in-JS with a focus on accessibility, SEO, and responsive design principles
• Proficiency in Next.js, TypeScript, and GraphQL, demonstrating the ability to architect and implement robust front-end solutions
• Knowledge in building and tooling processes such as CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and package managers, coupled with extensive experience in debugging and troubleshooting complex issues
• Demonstrated use of AI coding agents (Cursor, Claude, or similar) in daily development with strong judgment on when to trust, verify, or override their output and ownership of code quality
• Track record of setting and enforcing a CI quality gate across multiple repositories (typecheck, lint, format, test, build) and working in issue-driven GitHub workflows
• Headless CMS (Content Management System)
• E-commerce
• A/B testing
• Backend development
• High-traffic websites
• Content Delivery Network
• Cloud platforms
• 3rd-party integrations (frontend)
• Data analytics