Lead Software Engineer

The company

Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it. Our office has a quiet floor and a loud floor.

The position

The Lead Software Engineer will build and maintain services, APIs and internal tools, working closely with product and design. Nobody expects you to know every framework. We want someone who writes clear code, tests it and asks good questions. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Hours are flexible, with one short team call each morning. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates.
• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense.
• Contribute to postmortems and follow through on the action items.
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review.

About you

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design.
• Some exposure to AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers.
• Working knowledge of testing practices: unit, integration and contract tests.
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI.

Preferred qualifications

• Infrastructure as code with Terraform.

Perks and benefits

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one.
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave.

Hernandez Marketplace is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Apply with your resume. A cover letter is optional.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Hernandez Marketplace Inc..