Lead Principal Application Software Engineer

Adheres to and improves execution of all phases of the application software development lifecycle; coaches engineers across teams or units to drive application-focused improvements. Acts as a subject matter expert within the organization to develop and guide new application features and enhancements following design specifications, ensuring accessibility, and develops documents to clarify application design and code. Leads process, architecture, and code reviews across application projects and/or products/services to drive improvements. Utilizes modern/emerging technologies to conduct debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix highly complex application issues. Resolves and may troubleshoot highly complex and systemic issues requiring innovation related to application programming interface (API) functionality, integration, and service-to-service interactions. Leads task and project initiatives for the design and development of application software, systems, and services. Defines project or design scope; reviews, influences, and approves scope and design recommendations for application components and services. Collaborates with stakeholders internally and externally to lead efforts to understand customer use cases, root causes, and mitigations to align and explain rationale behind application solutions. Must provide expert technical guidance and support to customers regarding application-related issues to mitigate recurrence. Collaborates with the security team and leadership teams to establish, follow, and improve upon application development practices, secure coding standards, and code quality, providing coaching to less experienced team members. Leads project initiatives for periodic maintenance and testing operations for application systems that require upgrading or patching (e.g., for critical vulnerabilities).