Lead Software Developer
Location: Tacoma, Washington, United States
Work Arrangement: Remote
Requisition #: 342697
About the Company
Lumen is a global connectivity and technology company supporting the AI-powered world through its expansive fiber network and connected ecosystem. The company enables secure, high-performance connectivity across cloud, edge, and AI workloads for enterprises, governments, and communities.
Lumen focuses on performance, security, resilience, innovation, and accountability while developing infrastructure and digital experiences designed for evolving customer needs.
About the Role
Lumen is seeking a Lead Software Developer to help modernize and scale lumen.com using Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS).
This role combines Full Stack Software Development, cloud-native technologies, modern frontend frameworks, and AI-assisted engineering practices. The Lead Software Developer will work closely with Product, UX, Architecture, and Engineering teams to build scalable digital experiences, improve platform capabilities, and increase software development efficiency.
The ideal candidate has strong experience with Adobe Experience Manager, React, Vue.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, APIs, cloud-native architectures, and modern software engineering practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, enhance, and support scalable digital experiences using Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service.
- Build modern frontend applications using technologies such as React, Vue.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- Develop and integrate APIs, services, and enterprise applications.
- Design scalable solutions using modern cloud-native architectures.
- Champion AI-assisted software engineering practices across the development lifecycle.
- Use AI-powered development tools to improve coding, architecture, testing, troubleshooting, code reviews, documentation, and delivery workflows.
- Identify opportunities to use AI and automation to increase developer productivity and accelerate software delivery.
- Develop solutions that improve customer experiences while reducing operational complexity.
- Collaborate with Product, UX, Architecture, and Engineering teams throughout solution design and implementation.
- Deliver secure, scalable, accessible, maintainable, and high-performing applications.
- Support modernization initiatives involving migration from legacy applications to composable and cloud-based architectures.
- Promote engineering excellence through strong coding standards and development best practices.
- Implement and improve automated testing practices.
- Support observability, monitoring, troubleshooting, and application reliability.
- Optimize application performance and maintainability.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives across engineering processes and platforms.
- Collaborate effectively with globally distributed Agile teams.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in Full Stack Software Development.
- 4+ years of experience working with Adobe Experience Manager.
- Strong experience with React.
- Strong experience with Vue.js.
- Strong knowledge of JavaScript and/or TypeScript.
- Experience developing and integrating APIs.
- Experience with modern web development technologies.
- Experience designing scalable applications.
- Experience working with cloud-native architectures.
- Experience with software engineering best practices.
- Strong understanding of application performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.
- Experience working within Agile software development environments.
- Experience collaborating with distributed or global engineering teams.
- Experience with CI/CD practices.
- Experience with DevOps methodologies and tooling.
- Experience working with modern cloud platforms.
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale websites or digital experience platforms.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS).
- Experience using AI-powered software development tools.
- Strong interest in AI-first software engineering practices.
- Experience modernizing legacy applications.
- Experience developing composable digital architectures.
- Experience implementing automated testing, observability, and performance optimization practices.
Skills & Competencies
- Adobe Experience Manager
- AEMaaCS
- Full Stack Development
- React
- Vue.js
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- API Development
- API Integration
- Cloud-Native Architecture
- Web Application Development
- AI-Assisted Software Development
- Software Architecture
- CI/CD
- DevOps
- Automated Testing
- Application Security
- Performance Optimization
- Observability
- Troubleshooting
- Agile Development
- Digital Experience Platforms
- Enterprise Web Applications
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Technical Problem Solving
Work Arrangement
This position is listed as remote and is associated with Tacoma, Washington.
Compensation
The anticipated base salary varies by work location.
For Washington and the following states or jurisdictions, the anticipated base salary range is:
$116,364 – $155,152 annually
This range applies to:
AK, CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA.
Additional location-based salary ranges provided by Lumen include:
$105,786 – $141,047 annually for AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WI, WV, and WY.
$111,074 – $148,099 annually for CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI.
Individual compensation is determined based on location, skills, experience, and other relevant factors.
Benefits
Lumen offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include:
- Health benefits
- Life benefits
- Voluntary lifestyle benefits
- Physical and mental wellbeing programs
- Emotional wellbeing resources
- Financial wellbeing benefits
- Short-term incentive opportunities
- Long-term incentive opportunities
- Other eligible incentive or compensation programs
Specific benefits and incentive eligibility may vary by position and location.
Background Screening
Selected candidates may be required to complete post-offer background screening. Depending on the position, screening may include criminal record checks, motor vehicle record checks, and/or drug screening.
Job-related findings may affect eligibility for employment and are evaluated individually.
Lumen also considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with applicable requirements, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Applicant Privacy
Lumen collects and processes applicant information as part of its recruitment and hiring process in accordance with its employment applicant privacy practices.
Candidates may have rights relating to access, use, disclosure, or deletion of their personal information depending on applicable laws and regulations.
Additional Information
The responsibilities listed describe the general scope and level of the position and are not intended to represent every potential duty.
Responsibilities may change based on evolving business and organizational requirements.
Applicants may redact or remove age-identifying information, including age, date of birth, and dates of school attendance or graduation, from submitted application materials without penalty.
Lumen does not require applicants to make payments as part of its recruitment process. Legitimate opportunities are communicated through official company channels.
Equal Opportunity
Lumen is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristics or information, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status, pregnancy, or any other legally protected status.
Equal opportunity applies throughout employment practices, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, job assignments, discipline, and termination.
