Lead Software Engineer I

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Lead Software Engineer I – Stanley Access Technologies, Farmington, CT. Stanley Access Technologies, a division of Allegion, is recognized as an industry leader in the manufacturing, installation, and servicing of automatic doors. Our growing product and service offerings have driven significant growth for our service business. Join our world‑class team of diligent problem solvers, innovators, fresh thinkers, and communicators who excite and inspire others.

Lead Software Engineer I – Occurrence environment: Global organization of 12,000+ employees, 30+ brands (including Schlage, Von Duprin, LCN, and Stanley). The role involves working on solutions that enable seamless access and help keep you and your loved ones safe and secure where they work, live and thrive.

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. The company does not intend to provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H‑1B, TN, etc.) for this employment position.

What You Will Do:

• Collaborate with leads to define and communicate architecture and technical standards across multiple products and domains.
• Partner with product managers and stakeholders to translate business problems into feasible technical solutions, including identifying risks, dependencies, and trade‑offs.
• Serve as the technical liaison between development teams and business/product management, discussing technical trade‑offs, timelines, and impacts in business conversations.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership: design components, implement code, perform code reviews, and help unblock execution.
• Drive cross‑functional collaboration with electrical, mechanical, systems, and test engineers where applicable to ensure integrated product deliveries.
• Promote engineering best practices around testing, CI/CD, infrastructure‑as‑code, observability, and secure design.
• Collaborate with security teams and follow Allegion product security guidelines to build secure‑by‑design systems.
• Proactively identify security risks, propose mitigations, and drive timely fixes for vulnerabilities and incidents.
• Lead threat modeling and security risk assessments as part of design and release activities.
• Create, collaborate and maintain technical and design documentation (architecture diagrams, API specs, software design documents, interface control documents, etc.) to ensure knowledge sharing, consistent implementations, and smoother handoffs across teams.
• Facilitate design reviews, maintain versioned design artifacts, and ensure documentation is kept current with implementations and release notes.
• Mentor and coach engineers on architecture, secure coding, design decisions, and coding techniques; raise the technical capability of the team.
• Help estimate effort, assess cost/benefit of changes, and contribute to proposals, planning and scheduling.
• Support production systems, releases, deployments, participate in incident response, and work with product support team to address issues in a timely manner.

What You Need to Succeed:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience (preferred).
• Strong track record of designing systems and guiding teams across multiple domains.
• Proven experience acting as a solution architect or senior technical lead who can both set architecture and contribute hands‑on to implementation.
• Comfortable working across the stack – backend, frontend, mobile, DevOps and QA.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly; value the ability and desire to pick up new tools and apply them effectively.
• Strong communicator and collaborator who can translate technical trade‑offs to business stakeholders and work effectively across cultures and time zones.
• Demonstrated experience with code review, mentoring, and raising the technical capability of teams.
• Agile mindset and experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; advanced degrees or certifications are a plus.
• Experience or strong interest in IoT / industrial IoT systems is a plus.
• Familiarity with AWS IoT Core and related device/cloud integration is especially desirable.
• Familiarity with AWS, Java / Spring Boot, Docker, Kotlin (Android), Angular, Flutter, and Django is preferred—but specific tools are secondary to learning ability and engineering judgment.

Why Work for Us?

Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if you are seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. Our values state, “this is your business, run with it.” We invest in your professional development, promote work‑life balance, and offer generous paid time off. We have received the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award for the second year in a row, reflecting our focus on employee engagement and strength‑based development.

What You’ll Get from Us:

• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off.
• 401(k) plan with a 6% company match (no vesting period).
• Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and/or dependent daycare expenses.
• Disability Insurance – Short‑Term and Long‑Term coverage, paid for by Allegion, providing income replacement for illness or injury.
• Term life insurance coverage with optional supplemental coverage.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Voluntary Wellness Program – complete wellness activities and earn monetary rewards.
• Employee Discounts through Perks at Work.
• Community involvement opportunities to give back.
• Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths assessment & coaching.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Allegion is an equal‑opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you are unable to apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team.