Lead Backend Engineer – Rust/Go, On-Call & Mentorship

Energy Innovation Corp; Spokane Valley (WA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Flexible hours

Job summary

Capital Growth Partners in Spokane Valley is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to mentor the team and own backend design. The role involves delivering reliable services in Rust and Go, shaping architecture, and driving complex initiatives from planning to delivery.

You will respond to on-call rotations, participate in postmortems, and translate telemetry into actionable dashboards for leadership. Compensation ranges from $116,000 to $173,000 with flexible hours.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering results as a Lead Software Engineer.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Knowledge of WA-specific regulations relevant to technology work.

Responsibilities

• Mentor the lead cohort through their first on-call at Capital Growth Partners
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems
• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Rust and Go
• Sketch Rust sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone
• Break large technology initiatives into Rust increments Spokane Valley can actually deliver
• Pull PostgreSQL telemetry into dashboards Capital Growth Partners leaders actually open

Skills

Lead Software Engineer

Rust

Go

Backend design

Mentoring

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Regulatory knowledge WA

Tools

PostgreSQL

Job description

Capital Growth Partners in Spokane Valley is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to mentor the team and own backend design. The role involves delivering reliable services in Rust and Go, shaping architecture, and driving complex initiatives from planning to delivery.

You will respond to on-call rotations, participate in postmortems, and translate telemetry into actionable dashboards for leadership. Compensation ranges from $116,000 to $173,000 with flexible hours.