Technical Lead

Are you passionate about solving complex business problems through technology, and ready to take on a leadership role in shaping scalable, secure, and innovative software solutions? Join our team as a Principal Software Engineer and help drive the technical vision, architecture, and execution of key initiatives at American Credit Acceptance.

We are seeking a highly experienced technologist with deep expertise in C#.NET, Angular, and cloud technologies (AWS) who thrives in architecting solutions, mentoring engineers, and aligning technology strategy with business outcomes. As a Principal Engineer, you will be a hands-on leader, designing systems that balance innovation, scalability, and performancewhile ensuring our solutions provide real, measurable value to the organization.

You will play a pivotal role in guiding technical decision-making, setting engineering standards, and influencing the long-term technology roadmap.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Architect & Design Solutions : Own the end-to-end design of large-scale, complex systems that address critical business needs, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, cost-effective, and aligned with long-term enterprise goals.
• Technical Leadership : Serve as a technical authority across multiple teams, driving architectural reviews, setting coding and design standards, and ensuring adoption of best practices.
• Innovation & Strategy : Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and cloud services; recommend strategic adoption to improve business value, reduce costs, or increase efficiency.
• Business Partnership : Collaborate directly with business leaders, product owners, and subject matter experts to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Full-Stack Expertise : Contribute across the technology stackfront-end, back-end, APIs, and cloud serviceswith deep knowledge of C#.NET, Angular, AWS, and modern development practices.
• Security & Compliance : Lead the design and implementation of secure, compliant solutions with a security-first mindset and strong alignment to OWASP principles.
• Mentorship & Influence : Coach senior and junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and collaboration across teams.
• Continuous Improvement : Proactively identify opportunities for process and system improvements, driving adoption of automation, DevOps practices, and cloud-native architectures.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or higher in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 12+ years of progressive software engineering experience , including significant experience in technical leadership and architecture roles.
• Proven expertise in C#.NET, Angular, and AWS cloud solutions.
• Strong background in system architecture, database design (SQL & NoSQL), and API design/development.
• Demonstrated success in architecting and delivering secure, scalable, high-performance enterprise solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills; ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of modern engineering practices including CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Track record of evaluating and adopting new technologies to solve business challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to balance long-term strategic thinking with hands-on technical execution.
• Passion for mentoring engineers and building high-performing teams.
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or similar).