Freelance Senior Engineering Lead - Data & Automation

Financial Advantage; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 179,000 - 269,000; Part time

Job summary

Financial Advantage in Longmont, CO is seeking a freelance Director of Engineering to own delivery and architecture. The role emphasizes leadership and hands-on work on scalable systems and data pipelines.

Expect to automate Nginx tasks, replace flaky Kafka with Elasticsearch, and connect Growth Mindset APIs to Kafka. A 10-year track record and strong estimate discipline are stated expectations for this senior role.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in technology leadership and delivery.
• Proven track record estimating project timelines.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on familiarity with Growth Mindset and Nginx.

Responsibilities

• Automate the manual Nginx chores that quietly drain Longmont, CO engineering hours
• Replace the brittle Kafka hack with an Elasticsearch solution that survives Longmont scale
• Pull Financial Advantage's Elasticsearch stack out of the CO region before the migration deadline
• Trace a technology number back through Growth Mindset services until it finally adds up
• Wire Growth Mindset APIs to Kafka consumers so data lands where Longmont teams expect it
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Longmont, CO production without dropping the baton
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Financial Advantage's growing user base

Skills

Leadership

Growth Mindset

Estimation discipline

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Nginx

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Job description

Financial Advantage in Longmont, CO is seeking a freelance Director of Engineering to own delivery and architecture. The role emphasizes leadership and hands-on work on scalable systems and data pipelines.

Expect to automate Nginx tasks, replace flaky Kafka with Elasticsearch, and connect Growth Mindset APIs to Kafka. A 10-year track record and strong estimate discipline are stated expectations for this senior role.