Lead the development team to build AI-first SaaS products, uphold engineering standards, and mentor engineers in AI-integrated workflows.
The world’s largest organizations rely on Evident to help them protect their business and brand from third-party risk. Our game-changing technology - which enables the secure exchange of risk data like proof of insurance, identity, business registration, and other information - helps our customers verify that their partners have all of the required credentials to do business.
In today’s new remote-first, ever-changing regulatory environment, our secure, privacy-first enterprise platform, accessible via web portal or API, provides a highly scalable and configurable solution to manage communications, storage, decisioning, and ongoing monitoring of credentials.
Evident is a VC-backed technology startup, headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Learn more at evidentid.com.
We’re looking for a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer who will be a hands-on builder of the product and lead a small team (2–3 engineers) in an AI-first development environment. The core of this role is using AI tools as a primary force multiplier across the software lifecycle to accelerate delivery of SaaS products without sacrificing quality. You’ll set direction, raise engineering standards, and guide the team through modern, AI-enabled ways of building.
The role will be based in our office in Atlanta (hybrid work model with two days in the office and three days remote).
Key Responsibilities
- Hands-On Product Engineering
- Design, build, test, and ship high-impact SaaS features and services
- Drive architecture decisions and technical execution from requirements to production
- Set and uphold standards for code quality, reliability, observability, and security
- AI-First Development Leadership
- Evaluate, implement, and standardize AI tools across the SDLC (coding, review, testing, docs, incident analysis)
- Build “AI-in-the-loop” workflows for:
- Define guardrails for safe and effective AI use (security, privacy, IP, data handling)
- Team Leadership & Coaching
- Lead and mentor a team of 2–3 engineers through planning, execution, and delivery
- Coach engineers on strong fundamentals and high-leverage AI-assisted workflows
- Provide technical guidance through design reviews, code reviews, and pairing
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with product, design, and leadership to deliver the right solutions quickly
- Communicate progress, risks, and opportunities clearly and proactively
- requirements/spec drafting
- design exploration and architecture docs
- code generation, refactoring, and migrations
- test creation and regression detection
- documentation, runbooks, and onboarding
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including leading small teams or acting as a player/coach
- Proven ability to build and ship SaaS products end-to-end in fast-moving environments
- Strong system design and problem-solving skills; able to articulate tradeoffs clearly
- Deep, practical experience using AI/LLM tools in daily engineering work, with clear opinions on what drives real leverage
- Excellent communication and mentorship skills; comfortable leading change
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience integrating LLM-based features into production systems
- Background in developer productivity, platform engineering, or SDLC automation
- Familiarity with AI privacy, security, and compliance considerations
Why Evident?
• Our team solves a crucial problem with huge business potential together, and we are able to see exactly how our contribution affects customers!
• Competitive pay package, including base pay and stock options
• Full medical, dental, vision benefits and 401K
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid parental leave to support you and your family
• Home internet stipend, virtual events, & more!
• Recently named one of Atlanta's Coolest Companies & 50 on Fire by Atlanta Inno
• Recently named one of the Top 10 Fastest Growing Companies in Atlanta & one of the Best Places to Work in Atlanta by Atlanta Business Chronicle
Top Skills
Ai Tools
APIs
Coding
Design
Documentation
Incident Analysis
SaaS
Testing
Web Portal
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