# Lead Software Engineer

Overview At TDS Telecom, connecting people is at the heart of everything we do. We are forward thinkers who leverage cutting-edge fiber internet technology to strengthen communities. We are dedicated to excellence, which drives us to succeed together, creating a better world through meaningful connections. Ready to make an impact? The Lead Software Engineer works independently or leads teams of 5 or more people responsible for application design, development, testing, and problem resolution work teams with significant autonomy and independence. The scope of work typically includes major system projects that support company-wide business operations. As an experienced developer and an experienced technical leader, the position receives periodic mentoring, feedback, and supervision by management. Applications may include custom developed software, commercial packaged software, or open-source software. Software may consist of on-premise applications, cloud-based software and services, hybrid configurations, integration tools, or business workflow tools. The Lead Software Engineer leads the team's use of AI coding tools. They will set the standard for reviewing and accepting AI-generate

- **Id**: 3890990
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/tds-lead-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T21:16:13Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T06:20:35Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7290
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Education assistance, Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Internet Service Providers, Broadband

## Company

- **Id**: 1973290
- **Name**: TDS
- **Domain**: hellotds.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/hellotds-com>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: iCIMS

## Salary

- **Min**: 81000
- **Max**: 131600
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 131600

## Technologies

- **.NET** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Team size min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T21:16:13Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 16
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 131600
- **Is top pay**: no

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