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INTRODUCTION

AAA Club Alliance is hiring for a Lead Engineer, Digital Software Development to join our team! This role follows a hybrid schedule and will require on-site work 3 days per week (Tuesday through Thursday). This role provides hands-on technical leadership for the Digital Software Development team, ensuring high-quality, scalable enterprise solutions. It translates architecture and business requirements into consistent, maintainable implementations and serves as the team’s technical authority, guiding standards, design decisions, and mentoring engineers.

What We Offer:

As part of our team, you’ll enjoy a total rewards package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance. Our package includes:
- A competitive salary; the starting base salary range is: $100,384 to $170,815.
- Annual Bonus + Annual Merit Increase Eligibility
- Hybrid schedule (3 days on-site weekly)
- Comprehensive health benefits package
- 3+ weeks of paid time off accrued during your first year
- 401(K) plan with company match up to 7%
- Professional development opportunities and tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off to volunteer & company-sponsored volunteer events throughout the year
- Other benefits include a free AAA Premier Membership, Health & Wellness Program, Health Concierge Service, Life Insurance and Short Term/Long Term Disability

The base pay range shown is a guideline for compensation and ultimate salary offered will be based on factors such as applicant experience and geographic location.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Provide technical leadership for modern web applications built primarily with React and Next.js, ensuring scalable, performant, and maintainable implementations.
- Guide the team in implementing Next.js rendering strategies including server-side rendering (SSR), static generation, routing, and data-fetching patterns.
- Lead implementation decisions related to component architecture, state management, accessibility, and performance optimization in React-based applications.
- Collaborate with back-end and platform teams using a working understanding of .NET-based application programming interfaces (APIs) and SQL-backed data sources to support integrations and troubleshooting.
- Serve as the final authority on team-level technical implementation decisions, coding standards, and design patterns.
- Translate architecture designs and solution guidance provided by the Digital Solutions Architect into clear, build-ready technical approaches for the engineering team.
- Lead hands-on development activities, including complex feature implementation, refactoring, and performance optimization.
- Establish and enforce best practices for code quality, security, testing, and deployment aligned with DevSecOps standards.
- Conduct and oversee code reviews to ensure consistency, maintainability, scalability, and adherence to standards.
- Identify technical risks early and propose mitigation strategies in collaboration with the Engineering Manager.
- Guide engineers in estimating technical effort and complexity for features and enhancements.
- Support sprint planning and delivery by advising on technical feasibility and sequencing of work.
- Mentor engineers and senior engineers through technical coaching, pairing, and design reviews.
- Drive resolution of complex technical issues, production incidents, and systemic defects.
- Collaborate closely with Quality Assurance (QA), Product, UX, and Architecture to ensure solutions meet functional, non-functional, and quality requirements.
- Ensure systems meet performance, availability, accessibility, and security expectations.
- Contribute to technical documentation, including design decisions, standards, and implementation guidelines.
- Stay current with emerging technologies, frameworks, and industry best practices relevant to the digital platform.
- Participate in proof-of-concepts and technical spikes as needed to validate approaches.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) or equivalent in Computer Sciences, Business Administration, or related field required; Master’s degree completed or work in progress towards a graduate degree preferred. Equivalent combination of education, technical training, and experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
- Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in software development required.
- Strong hands-on experience designing and building production web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks.
- Experience working with application data models and integrations supporting business processes required.
- Demonstrated experience designing, developing, testing, and leading the implementation of large-scale, customer-facing applications, including systems that integrate with enterprise data stores required.
- Experience with version control systems, such as Git, as well as website analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, required.
- Experience working within Agile development methodologies required.
- Professional Certification in at least one major development tool is required, with 3 or more preferred.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

- Expert-level knowledge of modern web application development and application architecture.
- Expert-level proficiency in modern frontend technologies and JavaScript/TypeScript, with strong hands-on experience designing and building scalable production web applications and integrating with enterprise CMS platforms (Sitecore preferred).
- Proven ability to guide and mentor engineers in complex technical environments.
- Working knowledge of .NET-based services and SQL sufficient to support integration, troubleshooting, and collaboration with back-end teams.
- Ability to work with cloud hosting, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices (Vercel or equivalent).
- Strong understanding of system performance optimization, scalability, and resilience.
- Ability to work with version control systems such as Git.
- Working knowledge of security best practices, accessibility standards (WCAG), and SEO principles.
- Ability to analyze complex technical problems and drive practical, maintainable solutions.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to lead without formal authority and influence technical outcomes across the team.

Full time Associates are offered a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plan options
- Up to 2 weeks Paid parental leave
- 401k plan with company match up to 7%
- 2+ weeks of PTO within your first year
- Paid company holidays
- Company provided volunteer opportunities + 1 volunteer day per year
- Free AAA Membership
- Continual learning reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
- And MORE! Check out our Benefits Page for more information

ACA is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local employment practices laws. At ACA, we are committed to cultivating a welcoming and inclusive workplace of team members with diverse backgrounds and experiences to enable us to meet our goals and support our values while serving our Members and customers. We strive to attract and retain candidates with a passion for their work and we encourage all qualified individuals to apply. It is ACA’s policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all positions. Hiring decisions are based upon ACA’s operating needs, and applicant qualifications including, but not limited to, experience, skills, ability, availability, cooperation, and job performance.