Job Description:
• Lead the design and implementation of complex features or subsystems, including breaking down work, estimating effort, and aligning plans with product and engineering goals.
• Apply deep technical expertise to solve challenging problems, evaluate trade-offs, and guide architecture and design decisions within a domain.
• Serve as a primary technical owner for one or more services or components, ensuring reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Partner with product management, design/UX, QA, and other teams to shape requirements, validate solutions with users or stakeholders, and ensure customer needs are central to decisions.
• Set a strong example for code quality and testing practices, including robust unit, integration, and functional tests, and enforce standards through thoughtful code reviews.
• Identify and drive improvements in tooling, processes, and system design that increase engineering effectiveness and product quality.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, feedback, design reviews, and sharing best practices to grow the team’s capabilities.
• Provide technical input into staffing, team composition, and sequencing of work to ensure successful delivery of initiatives.
• Actively contribute to incident response, root-cause analysis, and follow-up actions to improve system resilience and customer experience.
• Communicate expectations, priorities, and technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences, adapting depth and detail as needed.
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Typically 7 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proven experience leading the design and delivery of complex features or projects within a production environment.
• Strong expertise in one or more relevant technology stacks, including experience with distributed systems, APIs, data storage, and cloud services.
• Demonstrated ability to set and uphold coding, testing, and operational standards across a team or domain.
• Experience mentoring other engineers, providing actionable feedback, and helping shape technical growth plans.
Benefits:
• Generous annual bonus opportunity
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Flexible Time Off: take time off when you need it without worrying about available hours
• 11 paid holidays
• Your Day Your Way - Celebrate a day of cultural or social significance to you
• Insurance: Choice of Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account with employer match
• Flexible Spending Account
• 100% Company-Paid Parental leave (After 6 months with the company)
• 100% Company-Paid Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• Nextech Luminary Peer Recognition Program
• Wellness Program including discounts on medical premiums
• Employee Assistance Program with free counseling sessions available
• Corporate Discounts on Retail, Travel, and Entertainment