Job#: 3020107 Job Description: Title: Lead Engineer
Location: Juno Beach, FL - Onsite
Duration: 12 month contract w/ potential to extend
Pay: $60-$70/hr - W2
Job Summary
The Lead Engineer is responsible for the design, development, integration, and ongoing optimization of enterprise applications and technical infrastructure that support critical business processes. This role provides technical leadership to project and work teams, ensuring solutions are reliable, scalable, secure, and aligned with organizational strategy. The Lead Engineer partners closely with Business Systems Analysts and business stakeholders to translate requirements into high-quality technical solutions while driving innovation, best practices, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Lead the analysis, design, development, testing, debugging, implementation, and maintenance of new and existing applications and web-based systems.
- Oversee the integration of applications into the existing technical infrastructure and business processes, ensuring performance, reliability, and security.
- Provide technical and functional guidance to cross-functional development teams, serving as a subject matter expert within assigned disciplines.
- Collaborate daily with Business Systems Analysts to refine requirements, validate solutions, and ensure business objectives are met.
- Develop and maintain full-stack applications leveraging existing hardware, platforms, and enterprise standards.
- Design and deliver Power BI dashboards, perform SQL data modeling and structuring, and enable data-driven decision-making.
- Build and maintain API integrations, automated workflows, and cloud-based services.
- Participate in and lead Agile/software development lifecycle activities, including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.
- Ensure systems adhere to security, compliance, and regulatory requirements (e.g., SOX, cybersecurity standards).
- Mentor engineers, establish coding standards, review designs and pull requests, and promote engineering best practices.
- Define the strategic direction for enterprise software development, application architecture, and supporting infrastructure.
- Lead organization-wide software initiatives and technology transformation efforts.
- Ensure IT solutions are aligned with business goals, operational needs, and regulatory obligations.
- Serve as a technical advisor to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices, DevOps methodologies, and emerging technologies to improve efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience leading enterprise-level IT infrastructure, software development, and data architecture initiatives
- Strong Python and SQL experience
- AWS experience
- Salesforce experience
- IT Project Management certifications (PMP, Agile, SAFe)
- DevOps or Cloud Architecture certifications
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, mission-critical systems across multiple technology stacks
EEO Employer
Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
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