Lead Software Engineer

Filetwigbay; Bangor (ME); On-site; USD 105,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM in Bangor, ME is hiring a Lead Software Engineer to keep the architecture honest and grow with a low-drama ethos. This full-time position targets a 7+ year veteran and offers a salary range of $105,000 to $147,000 with growth opportunities and meaningful mentorship.

The role focuses on decomposing a monolithic stack into Azure services, delivering lead-quality features, patching resilience dependencies, and turning vague tickets into testable MySQL criteria.

Qualifications

• Lead-level experience in a full-time role.
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny.
• Discipline to document while it's fresh.

Responsibilities

• Slice the technology monolith into Azure services Bangor, ME can deploy alone.
• Deliver lead-quality features within the 105,000–147,000 mandate.
• Keep IBM's Resilience dependencies patched before CVEs become incidents.
• Turn vague tickets into crisp, testable MySQL acceptance criteria.
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the team.
• Push Next.js changes safely behind flags so Bangor, ME rollback speed.

Skills

Lead experience

Communication

Documentation

Strategic thinking

IBM mindset

Job description

Our technology stack is growing faster than our team, so IBM is bringing on a Lead Software Engineer to keep the architecture honest. For a low-drama professional with 7+ years behind them, this full-time Lead Software Engineer job delivers $105,000 - $147,000 and meaningful growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Slice the joyfully-rigorous technology monolith into Microsoft Azure services Bangor, ME can deploy alone
• Deliver lead-quality features within the $105,000 - $147,000 Lead Software Engineer mandate
• Keep IBM's Resilience dependencies patched before the CVEs become incidents
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable MySQL acceptance criteria
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team
• Push Next.js changes safely behind flags so Bangor, ME rollbacks take seconds

What You'll Bring

• The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back
• Experience at the lead level inside a full-time role
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny
• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten
• An IBM mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow

Since day one, IBM has been on a quality-obsessed mission to reshape technology from its base in Bangor, ME. Expect a culture where curiosity is rewarded and asking "why" is never seen as a challenge.

The whole offer in one line: $105,000 - $147,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexible full-time hours that respect the life you have in ME.

Active right now, the lead seat has not yet found its person.