Lead, Software Engineer

Guild Mortgage Company is hiring a Lead Software Engineer to lead technical delivery and operational health of applications and services in an assigned business or product area. The role combines hands-on full-stack engineering with application architecture, cloud operations, technical leadership, and production support, primarily using Microsoft .NET and Azure.

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical delivery of software capabilities within an assigned business or product area from solution design through production implementation and support
• Serve as a primary technical subject-matter expert for assigned applications, services, integrations, and related business processes
• Translate business requirements and architectural direction into scalable, maintainable technical solutions and executable engineering plans
• Coordinate engineering activities, technical dependencies, estimates, risks, and implementation sequencing within the assigned area
• Partner with Product and business stakeholders to understand objectives, clarify technical implications, and support realistic delivery expectations
• Identify and communicate delivery risks, technical constraints, integration impacts, and tradeoffs to engineering and delivery leadership
• Design and implement end-to-end enterprise application solutions using C#, .NET, modern front-end technologies, and Microsoft Azure, including user interfaces, application services, APIs, integrations, data access, application security, cloud workload configuration, deployment automation, and observability
• Provide application architecture leadership across APIs, distributed services, integrations, event-driven solutions, data access, and cloud-native application patterns
• Ensure solutions meet appropriate standards for scalability, performance, security, reliability, maintainability, and operational support
• Remain hands-on through design, development, code reviews, troubleshooting, proof-of concepts, and complex implementation work as appropriate
• Guide engineers in software design, coding practices, testing strategies, integration patterns, and technical problem solving
• Partner with Architecture to align application designs and technical decisions with broader architectural direction and standards
• Partner with DevOps, Security, IAM, Networking, and infrastructure teams on CI/CD, cloud environments, deployment architecture, networking, identity, security controls, configuration, and production readiness where implementation requires enterprise standards, shared services, approvals, or specialized access
• Apply strong working knowledge of Azure application hosting, integration, data, identity, networking, security, and observability capabilities
• Support infrastructure-as-code, automated deployment, environment management, and repeatable release practices
• Ensure applications include appropriate automated testing, logging, metrics, tracing, monitoring, and alerting
• Lead or support resolution of complex production issues and drive corrective actions that improve reliability and reduce recurrence
• Identify and reduce technical debt, recurring defects, performance concerns, and operational risks within the assigned area
• Mentor Software Engineers and Senior Software Engineers and provide technical guidance across implementation and delivery activities
• Lead technical reviews, design discussions, code reviews, and engineering problem solving sessions
• Delegate appropriate technical leadership and implementation responsibilities to other senior engineers while maintaining accountability for overall technical delivery within the assigned area
• Promote strong engineering practices, technical knowledge sharing, documentation, and continuous improvement
• May participate in hiring, onboarding, performance feedback, and professional development activities
• May supervise a limited number of engineers as organizational needs require

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on full-stack software development experience with C#, .NET, modern .NET application frameworks, and modern front-end technologies such as React and TypeScript
• Demonstrated experience technically leading delivery of complex enterprise applications or services
• Strong application architecture and system design skills, including APIs, distributed systems, integration patterns, and event-driven architectures
• Production experience developing and operating applications within Microsoft Azure
• Strong understanding of cloud application architecture, including compute, data, messaging, identity, networking, security, and observability considerations
• Experience with REST APIs, asynchronous messaging, third-party integrations, and enterprise integration patterns
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design, software design patterns, automated testing, and maintainable application architecture
• Experience with source control, CI/CD, automated build and deployment practices, and platforms such as Git and GitLab
• Hands-on experience implementing cloud workload infrastructure and application configuration using infrastructure-as-code, containers, environment configuration, CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices within established enterprise standards and guardrails
• Experience implementing application logging, monitoring, metrics, tracing, and production troubleshooting
• Strong understanding of secure software development practices and application security considerations
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, lead technical decisions, and coordinate implementation across multiple contributors
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
• Highly organized and detail-oriented; ability to work in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, Wiki, collaborative cloud-based programs, and third-party software applications required
• Minimum seven years progressive software engineering experience, including experience designing and delivering complex enterprise applications and at least three years providing senior-level technical or engineering leadership
• Technical leadership, supervisory or leadership mentoring, or work-lead experience is required
• Experience with microservices, Domain-Driven Design, Clean Architecture, and cloudnative application patterns
• Experience with Azure-native integration, messaging, container, and managed application services
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code technologies such as Terraform or Bicep
• Experience applying automated security scanning, performance testing, and reliability practices within CI/CD pipelines
• Experience using AI-assisted software development tools to improve engineering productivity, testing, and code quality
• Strong business-domain knowledge in the area supported by the assigned applications or experience developing software for similarly complex business processes
• Experience in financial services, banking, mortgage, or another regulated industry
• Microsoft Azure or related technical certifications
• Exposure to Nexora Framework is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related technical field preferred
• Prior people experience management experience is preferred for assignments that include direct reports