Job Description
Lead Software Engineer
Role Overview
Drive an AI-first SDLC with a focused engineering team responsible for the end-to-end delivery of secure, scalable, and maintainable software solutions. Engage directly with users, leverage AI-assisted rapid prototyping to validate requirements, and oversee AI-assisted design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance while ensuring engineering quality and governance.
Key Responsibilities
- 1. User Engagement & Rapid Prototyping
- Engage directly with users and stakeholders to capture and validate requirements.
- Use AI-assisted rapid prototyping to refine requirements and develop solutions collaboratively.
- Translate validated requirements into actionable development tasks.
- 2. AI-First Engineering & Technical Leadership
- Support a focused development team through an AI-assisted SDLC.
- Drive AI adoption across coding, testing, deployment, documentation, and software maintenance.
- Ensure appropriate human validation of AI-generated outputs and adherence to engineering standards.
- 3. Architecture & Technology
- Design and govern application architecture, including microservices, APIs, cloud infrastructure and integrations.
- Evaluate and recommend technologies while ensuring scalability, security, maintainability, and cost efficiency.
- 4. Security, Quality & DevOps
- Ensure compliance with security, governance and software development standards.
- Oversee CI/CD, automated testing, observability, deployment and production reliability.
- 5. Delivery & Collaboration
- Ensure high-quality, predictable delivery through Agile-based development.
- Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs.
- 6. Documentation & Continuous Improvement
- Maintain architecture documentation, technical decisions, and API specifications.
- Continuously improve AI-assisted engineering practices, delivery efficiency, and solution quality.
Skills and Qualifications
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, application architecture, or technology leadership.
- Proven experience in designing and delivering enterprise-grade, scalable software solutions.
- Experience leading engineering teams and managing end-to-end software delivery.
- Professional experience with AI-assisted software development and modern engineering practices.
Technical Skills
- Strong expertise in AI-first SDLC and AI-assisted software engineering.
- Application architecture, including microservices, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and system integrations.
- Software development, code review, automated testing, and quality assurance.
- CI/CD, DevOps, deployment automation, observability, and production reliability.
- Application security, secure coding practices, and engineering governance.
- Technology evaluation, optimization, and cost-efficient solution design.
Leadership & Professional Skills
- Strong user engagement, requirements analysis, and rapid prototyping capabilities.
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions and actionable development tasks.
- Experience leading focused, high-performing engineering teams.
- Strong Agile delivery, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to validate AI-generated outputs and maintain engineering quality standards.
- Strong technical documentation, architectural decision-making, and continuous improvement mindset.
Apply Today
Please submit your resume and a cover letter highlighting your relevant experience to andrea@wealthtrust.lk on or before 31-October-2026