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Senior Lead Engineer

PwC

Portland, ORJob$124–280K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$124–280K/yr
Location
Portland, OR
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Senior Lead Engineer leads custom application development and testing for PwC Advisory clients, translating business needs into scalable solutions across cloud-native and on-premise environments. The role guides technical direction and teams, contributes across the software development lifecycle, and supports cloud engineering, data, analytics, and product innovation initiatives. It also advances AI-enabled engineering and process improvements while advising clients and communicating with stakeholders.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Custom Application DevelopmentApplication TestingAI-Native EngineeringJavaPythonReact Native.NETCI/CDCode ReviewBusiness Requirements TranslationAPI DevelopmentMicroservicesApplication Lifecycle Management

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree6+ Years Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

The Opportunity

As a Senior Lead Engineer you will lead custom application development and testing efforts that help clients turn business needs into scalable software solutions across cloud-native and on-premise environments, within our Advisory practice. As a Senior Manager you will guide large projects, shape technical direction, and use sound judgment to coach teams, navigate complexity, and communicate clearly with stakeholders while driving process improvements and operational excellence. In this role at PwC, you will apply full software development lifecycle skills, from requirements and architecture through build and test, while contributing to modern cloud engineering, data, analytics, and product innovation initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Leading custom application development and testing workstreams across cloud-native and on premise environments

  • Guiding architecture, design, and build activities for new solutions and modernization efforts

  • Translating business requirements into functional and technical specifications that support delivery scope

  • Driving software development planning, sprint coordination, and release sequencing across multiple teams

  • Reviewing code, application frameworks, and integration patterns to promote maintainable solutions

  • Applying CI/CD, automated testing, and debugging methods to support reliable delivery and deployment

  • Advising clients on technology choices, implementation options, and tradeoffs across application platforms

  • Coaching engineers on coding standards, software design, and troubleshooting approaches

  • Advancing AI-enabled engineering methods, rapid experimentation, and digital tooling within delivery efforts

  • Validating application performance, integration behavior, and testing results against project requirements

What You Must Have

  • At least a Bachelor's degree

  • At least 6 years of experience

What Sets You Apart

  • Leading custom application development and testing initiatives across cloud-native stacks

  • Demonstrating experience with AI-native engineering across requirements, architecture, and testing

  • Applying proficiency in Java, Python, React Native, or .NET

  • Directing CI/CD, code review, and quality software delivery practices

  • Translating business requirements into scalable application and integration solutions

  • Coaching teams through ambiguity, complex decisions, and technical tradeoffs

  • Bringing experience in APIs, microservices, and application lifecycle management

The salary range for this position is: $124,000 - $280,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work

For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines

How this job compares

Set against the 42,527 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$124–280K/yr
  • Oregon median$121–223K/yr293 salary ranges
  • US median$135–217K/yr33,898 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $202K, is 19% above the Oregon median midpoint ($170K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in Oregon.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 333 open Software Engineer jobs in Oregon and 42,527 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Oregon
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (34,814 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 13,955 of the 42,527 open Software Engineer jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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