Senior Lead Software Developer at Lumen
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jul 24, 2026
Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 26, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor role focused on building and scaling AI-powered tools and workflows that help software engineers work more efficiently. The position involves designing reusable prompts, agents, integrations, and reference architectures; reducing everyday development friction; and driving adoption of generative AI and agentic workflows across engineering teams. It suits an experienced software developer with a background in developer tooling, automation, and applied AI who is comfortable taking projects from prototype to production.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
Posted 22 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 22,300 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 9,400–33,400
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is titled 'Senior Lead Software Developer, AI Developer Enablement' — the 'Lead' modifier suggests a level above standard Senior, but the JD does not describe org-wide architectural authority or cross-org staff-level scope; it is primarily an individual contributor builder role with mentorship responsibilities, so it is sized as Senior.
The alt SOC 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is noted because this role sits at an unusual intersection of AI enablement, developer productivity tooling, and platform engineering — it does not map cleanly to a single standard occupation.
A Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering is listed as a requirement, but the JD immediately qualifies it with 'Advanced degree or equivalent practical experience preferred,' making the degree substitutable by experience — treated as not a hard degree gate.
The 10+ years of experience requirement is stated at the role level across software development, platform engineering, developer productivity, AI enablement, or related disciplines.
LLM-based developer tools, AI coding assistants, agent frameworks, RAG, vector search, tool calling, and workflow orchestration all appear under an explicit 'Preferred Skills' heading.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): workflow orchestration.
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