Lead Software Developer
Listed on 2026-01-12
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Software Engineer
Lead Software Developer
Remote position #LI-Remote
Candidates must already be living in the United States.
Full‑time role.
Applicants must be a United States Citizen.
Candidate must be able to obtain CJIS certification; US citizenship is required.
No visa sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa (H1‑B Student visa or OPT visa) at this time.
The WorkThe Performance Reporting team owns and advances a mission‑critical application suite used by public safety agencies for collecting and reporting on performance, including use of force, training, vehicle pursuit, internal affairs, and more.
As a Lead Developer you will be a hands‑on technical leader focused on expanding our performance reporting product called Shield. You will also be responsible for maintenance, reliability, integrations, and delivery within a secure CJIS‑compliant environment. You will guide offshore contractors day‑to‑day, make strategic and tactical technical decisions aligned with architectural direction, and serve as a U.S.‑based point of contact for sensitive production work that cannot be reproduced in development or staging environments.
Near‑term roadmap centers on integration work, both product‑to‑product integrations across Lexipol’s portfolio and integration points with external (typically state‑level) reporting agencies used by our customers. Additional projects include improvements to observability, building out scalable async job capability, and modernizing existing components.
Key Performance Objective #1 (30%) Deliver Reliable Software- Design, implement, and build new product modules.
- Improve client‑facing integration points for reliability and compliance.
- Propose opportunities for improving maintainability, reliability, performance, and security of existing code.
- Collaborate with the Lead Architect and Chief Architect to ensure consistency with overall architectural direction.
- Proactively identify work required to keep libraries, frameworks, and licensed software up‑to‑date.
- Act as the primary technical point of contact, clarifying requirements, reviewing code, and mentoring contractors to maintain quality and consistency.
- Engage directly with the offshore development team during core agile ceremonies (stand‑ups, refinements, retrospectives, planning) to provide technical guidance and unblock work.
- Deliver features and enhancements in C# / .NET 8 while maintaining the legacy monolith and related services, enforcing quality standards through reviews and mentoring.
- Review and comment on product requirements documents, including providing input on high‑level estimates.
- Contribute to recruiting and onboarding.
- Handle sensitive production issues in a CJIS‑compliant manner, restoring data where necessary.>
- Participate in regular review, triage, and estimation of incoming customer issues (after first being screened by the CS department).
- Monitor the application’s health using tools like Cloud Watch, XRay, and Datadog, and create and advocate for tickets stemming from these monitoring insights.
- Own the triage response efforts and company‑wide communication in the event of production incidents such as site outages, production bugs requiring hotfixes, and other critical issues.
- Participate in design discussions, providing tactical technical input aligned with architectural direction without owning the architect role.
- Ensure that day‑to‑day technical decisions are aligned with product‑wide and company‑wide technical direction.
- Write and maintain technical specifications and other documentation relevant to the legacy application and the projects undertaken, including creating Jira tickets for technical debt work and projects originating within the technology organization.
- Coordinate testing efforts with the QA lead, particularly during final testing before and…
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