Key skills
AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGRPCSQLGoGolangAnalyticsgRPCJWTRESTfulSaaSLeadershipProject Management
About this role
Role Overview
- Lead and drive innovation initiatives across the full lifecycle—from research and ideation through incubation, scaling, and production—while inspiring team members to contribute and think creatively.
- Provide strategic and technical leadership for the design and development of major software components, systems, and features, ensuring alignment with broader business goals.
- Architect and build high-performance, distributed systems that enhance data and analytics capabilities, ensuring scalability, high throughput, and low latency.
- Take full ownership of complex features from initial specification through to deployment, monitoring, and iteration, using project management tools to track and communicate progress.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineering leaders to deliver scalable, user-focused software solutions.
- Champion knowledge sharing and continuous learning, facilitating technical onboarding, peer learning sessions, and growth opportunities for team members.
- Drive and arbitrate key technical decisions using a principled and inclusive approach, balancing trade-offs while maintaining focus on long-term architecture and business goals.
- Promote and exemplify a culture of technical excellence, identifying and introducing new tools, frameworks, and design patterns that drive continuous platform improvement.
- Model adherence to internal processes for work item tracking, testing, and deployment, encouraging consistent and reliable delivery practices across the team.
- Ensure adherence to security best practices, maintaining a secure development lifecycle and actively mitigating risks in your area of influence.
- Contribute to team and organizational planning, and be adaptable to take on new responsibilities as business priorities evolve.
Requirements
- B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent years to relevant experience or education
- 3+ years of experience developing gRPC and RESTful APIs with Golang
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience working on production SaaS applications or APIs
- An affinity for code and performance optimizations, including algorithm/data design and usage
- Familiarity with Azure or AWS cloud services
- Experience implementing production standard best practices
- Experience providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers within the team
- Familiarity with modern AuthZ and AuthN standards (OAuth2, JWT, etc.)
- SQL fluency
- Great teamwork skills
- An eagerness to learn and adapt to the needs of a greenfield industry
- Part 107 or another pilot’s license a plus
Tech Stack
- AWS
- Azure
- Cloud
- Distributed Systems
- GRPC
- SQL
- Go