Emergent Software
Software Engineering Lead
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
United States only
Employer listed it 3 weeks ago · Found 5h ago
Been open since 3 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.
Salary
Not stated
Location
United States only
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Software
This employer didn't state pay. Jobs like this usually pay around $200k–$270k a year, a typical range taken from 598 lead-level software roles on Nomaders that do state pay. It's a guide, not an offer.
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Remote job, Detroit, United States, Kansas City, Austin, Denver, Columbus, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Remote"
- Job description states: "authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship."
What Nomaders makes of it
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
**This is a direct hire with one of our clients. This role is fully remote. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.**
Our client is seeking a Software Engineering Lead to take ownership of a rapidly growing SaaS platform that is scaling by hundreds of customers per month. This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership role responsible for the architecture, development, infrastructure, reliability, and long-term growth of the Testimonials platform.
The ideal candidate is an experienced software engineering leader who enjoys owning a product end to end, leading technical decision-making, partnering directly with Product, and remaining actively involved in development and operations. This individual will play a key role in driving platform scalability, enterprise feature development, security initiatives, and SOC 2 readiness while helping modernize engineering practices through AI-enabled development tools and workflows.
Responsibilities
Technical Ownership
Own the Testimonials platform, including architecture, code quality, infrastructure, and production reliability.
Manage and enhance Kubernetes-based deployments, observability, scalability, and release processes.
Make and document key architectural decisions.
Maintain operational and technical documentation.
Support platform growth and increasing customer demand.
Engineering Leadership
Lead day-to-day delivery of the product roadmap.
Partner with Product on roadmap planning and technical tradeoffs.
Establish engineering standards through code and design reviews.
Mentor engineers and coordinate contractor resources as needed.
Security & Compliance
Lead engineering efforts supporting SOC 2 readiness.
Implement secure development, change control, and access management practices.
Partner with Security and Compliance teams to strengthen platform controls.
Platform Growth
Deliver enterprise features, dashboards, and customer-requested enhancements.
Support platform integrations and modernization initiatives.
Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and automated engineering workflows.
Qualifications
Requirements
- ·8+ years of software engineering experience.
- ·Experience owning a production SaaS platform.
- ·Strong hands-on experience with Go, React, Kubernetes, REST APIs and AWS architecture.
- ·Proven ability to support, troubleshoot, and scale production systems.
- ·Experience leading a small engineering team or technical workstream.
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Emergent Software, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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