Lead Software Engineer
Hartford, CT
Category: Development
Industry: Insurance
Reference ID: JN -022026-105512
Date Posted: 02/12/2026
Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/pdte5T
Description:
Hybrid 2-3 days onsite in either Hartford, CT or Short Hills, NJ
As Lead Software Engineer, you will drive technical direction and execution for robust, scalable, and maintainable enterprise software solutions within a cloud-first environment. You will enforce coding standards and architectural principles, lead code reviews, mentor engineers, and foster continuous improvement. You will architect and integrate AI-powered features using Azure AI Services to deliver intelligent solutions aligned with business objectives.
This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. 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: $80.00 to $90.00/hr. w2
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of cloud-native full-stack applications using .NET and Azure with emphasis on scalability, performance, and reliability.
- Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and architectural guidelines across projects.
- Champion automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform, Bicep, and ARM, and maintain rigorous documentation.
- Architect and integrate AI capabilities using Azure AI Services, including Cognitive Services, Machine Learning, OpenAI, and Bot Services for analytics, NLP, and automation.
- Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor engineers in cloud-native, AI, and agile delivery practices.
- Collaborate with product, QA, and cross-functional teams to clarify requirements and deliver features aligned to business needs.
- Evaluate and adopt new technologies, tools, and methodologies to improve productivity, quality, and security.
- Ensure adherence to enterprise software quality, performance, and compliance requirements.
Experience Requirements:
Experience Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on software engineering and architecture with deep knowledge of .NET (C# and ASP.NET Core) and Azure cloud services.
- Advanced proficiency with Azure AI Services to develop and deploy enterprise AI-driven solutions.
- Expertise in microservices, API-first design with REST or GraphQL, event-driven systems, and container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Proficiency in DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and Agile, Scrum, or SAFe methodologies.
- Strong capability in code reviews, testing, problem solving, and technical leadership.
- Experience integrating AI features via REST APIs or SDKs into business applications.
- Business Process Management implementation experience with Pega (preferred).
- Experience in regulated industries such as Property and Casualty insurance (preferred).
- Experience with Python and familiarity with TensorFlow or PyTorch (preferred).
- Experience with additional BPM tools such as Camunda or Appian (preferred).
- Experience with front-end frameworks including Angular or React, advanced SQL, and data streaming technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ (preferred).
- Knowledge of data privacy, compliance, and security requirements for cloud and AI adoption (preferred).
- Ability to lead evaluation, implementation, and integration of modeling software into enterprise systems and processes (preferred).
Education Requirements:
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Azure certification (preferred).
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.
Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com.
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