Lead Software Engineer

Post Date

Jul 10, 2025

Location

Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania

ZIP/Postal Code

15203
US
Sep 18, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract,Perm Possible

Category

Programmer / Developer

Req #

PIT-38411025-7435-47f7-b62b-49dd1564349f

Pay Rate

$46 - $57 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

Insight Global is hiring a Lead Engineer to support one of our large retail clients. This person will be supporting the "Air Food and Water Team" (like "keeping the lights on") within three domains - Loyalty, Communications and Personalization. The "AFW" team does not participate in any new development, but they maintain existing applications, production support . The lead will be responsible for understanding the environment through and through, providing technical guidance, and prioritizing the development of other engineers through team communication. 50% of this role requires leadership responsibility while the other 50% of this role requires technical support in the GCP, Java, Springboot and Microservices environment. It would be beneficial for this person to come from a retail/ecommerce environment with an understanding of marketing technology.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

Required Skills & Experience

• Lead Engineer experience
• Communicating with Engineering Owners, supporting developers with technical solutions, understanding the environment at a high level
• Backend Technical Stack - Java, Springboot and Microservices
• Marketing Technology Application Knowledge
• AEO third party technology examples: Personalization Tool: Bloomreach and Loyalty Tool: Crowdtwist
• GCP and Kubernetes
• Retail/Ecommerce experience

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• CI/CD Deployment Pipeline
• Kafka

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.