Role Description The Lead Software Engineer drives the delivery of complex software solutions while guiding technical execution within a team or across teams. This role blends deep engineering expertise with cross-functional collaboration, mentoring, and project leadership to ensure scalable, maintainable, and business-aligned software systems. - Lead the end to end delivery of major software components and services across the tech stack, from design to deployment. - Serve as a technical lead on initiatives, coordinating development efforts, setting engineering direction and driving improvements to velocity and quality. - Partner with product managers and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions. - Provide architectural input and advocate for engineering best practices, including secure coding, testing, and automation. - Actively mentor engineers of varying experience levels through code reviews, technical guidance, and career development support. - Influence team-level planning and prioritization by aligning technical solutions with business goals and constraints. - Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams to ensure deployment readiness, observability, and performance. - Support incident response and root cause analysis for critical production issues. Qualifications - 6–9 years of professional software development experience, including full-stack or backend-focused roles. - Strong proficiency in multiple technologies (e.g., React, Node.js, Python, SQL/NoSQL, cloud platforms like Azure or AWS). - Experience with system design, architectural patterns, and API development at scale. - Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools. - Effective communicator with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and mentor other engineers. Requirements - Compensation Pay Disclosure: Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities. - Annual base salary range: $143,060 - $158,950. - Actual compensation offered may vary based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Benefits - Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans. - 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%). - Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%). - Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year. - Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day. - Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year. Critical Skills - Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations. - Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution. - Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals. - Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions. - Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage. Equal Employment Opportunity Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law. Reasonable Accommodations Voya is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Voya will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please reference resources for applicants with disabilities.