Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

Rockville, MD

Type: Contract

Category: Development

Industry: Financial Services

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -112026-109275

Date Posted: 11/01/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/i9lSww

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Description:

Hybrid 3 days onsite / 2 days remote in Rockville, MD

Working independently, the Lead Software Engineer will own development of software products, improve product quality throughout the software development life cycle, and mentor other Software Engineers for our client. The role requires leading complex initiatives, influencing cross-functional outcomes, and ensuring delivery against scope, schedule, and quality commitments within a financial domain environment.

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $75.00 to $83.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to and lead complex projects requiring deep specialty knowledge and industry practices.
• Manage processes, projects, or products to improve efficiency within the product area.
• Influence outcomes in cross-functional settings and support consistent team delivery.
• Design and develop solutions that meet quality standards, reliability specifications, and strategic objectives.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of systems and processes, recommending improvements.
• Ensure commitments are met and raise risks that threaten budget, schedule, scope, or quality.
• Identify gaps between system components and design solutions to address them.
• Implement methods to manage and maintain development environments and tooling.
• Develop insights from engineering trends and best practices and communicate recommendations.
• Overcome challenges that jeopardize achievement of business goals.
• Coach and train less experienced colleagues and promote a culture of intelligence, integrity, and initiative.
• Partner across teams to remove barriers and align on shared goals and priorities.
• Communicate complex information at the appropriate level to stakeholders.

Experience Requirements:

• Excellent computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, problem solving, complexity analysis, and data structures.
• Strong system design and object-oriented development experience.
• Expertise with Java, Spring Boot, and REST APIs.
• Front-end experience with HTML/CSS, Bootstrap, React.js, Angular, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Database experience with PostgreSQL, NoSQL, and DynamoDB.
• AWS experience with EC2, RDS, S3, SQS, SNS, Lambda, API Gateway, VPC, Security Groups, CloudFront, and Route 53.
• Hands-on CI/CD pipeline implementation.
• Containerization with Docker.
• Cloud technologies, data storage, performance tuning, and optimization.
• DevOps practices and CI/CD tooling.
• Test automation and unit testing.
• Software security best practices.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline with at least 7 years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience.

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Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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