Lead Software Engineer

Bonterra is a mission-driven company focused on increasing the giving rate in the social good sector. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will design and maintain microservices, develop RESTful APIs, and lead a team to build impactful software that supports nonprofits and drives real-world change.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain reliable microservices within a large-scale distributed architecture using Go for backend APIs and Angular for frontend applications
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications, ensuring robust service-to-service communication and integration
• Build scalable Angular UI applications and contribute to shared component libraries that support high-quality, consistent user experiences across the platform
• Work within a microservices ecosystem where each service is independently deployable, using Kubernetes/Helm for orchestration and deployment
• Implement comprehensive testing strategies using Ginkgo for Go services (unit, integration, smoke tests) and Jest/Cypress for Angular applications
• Take ownership of complex technical challenges across the full stack, making architectural decisions that span multiple microservices, and contribute to the full software lifecycle — from sprint planning and ticket refinement to implementation, peer reviews, and demos
• Drive technical initiatives and influence technical direction across the platform, evaluating tradeoffs and introducing improvements that benefit multiple teams
• Use AI as a force multiplier. Experiment with LLMs, agentic tools, and AI-integrated features to accelerate development, streamline workflows, and create smarter user experiences
• Embrace change as a catalyst for continuous improvement and team efficiency
• Work closely with product managers, designers, QA engineers, and other developers to build intuitive features that meet user needs and align with our mission
• Lead and mentor junior and mid-level engineers through thoughtful code reviews, knowledge sharing, and technical guidance. Model best practices and contribute to a collaborative, inclusive engineering culture

Requirements:

• 5+ years of full-stack software development experience, including work on production systems
• Strong experience with Go for backend development, including building RESTful APIs and microservices
• Proficiency with Angular (preferably Angular 15+) and TypeScript for frontend development
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture, including service discovery, inter-service communication, and distributed system patterns
• Experience with REST API design and OpenAPI/Swagger specifications
• Experience with MySQL in production environments, including schema design and query optimization
• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/Helm)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices in Kubernetes environments
• Experience with comprehensive testing frameworks (unit, integration, and e2e testing)
• Comfortable working in AWS or similar cloud environments
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to evaluate tradeoffs and make thoughtful implementation decisions that affect multiple services in a distributed system context
• Enthusiastic about learning and leveraging AI tools to improve development efficiency and product capabilities
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Experience working in large-scale microservices environments (50+ services)
• Track record of driving technical initiatives or improvements across teams
• Experience mentoring junior and mid-level engineers and helping them grow their skills
• Experience with system design and making technical decisions in complex distributed environments
• Ability to evaluate and introduce new technologies, patterns, and tools to improve the development stack
• Familiarity with Ginkgo testing framework for Go or Jest/Cypress for Angular applications
• Experience with code generation tools and build automation (Mage or similar tools)
• Knowledge of Helm chart development and Kubernetes deployment strategies
• Understanding of JWT-based authentication and role-based authorization systems
• Familiarity with nonprofit or social good technology challenges is a bonus