Lead Software Engineer

Community Development Partners; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 109,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Top-tier health benefits

Flexible work location

Job summary

Community Development Partners seeks a Lead Software Engineer in Birmingham, AL to own the Conflict Resolution platform and guide architectural decisions. You will refine microservices, ensure backward-compatible Kubernetes schemas, and write robust integration tests to prevent regressions.

Equity and top-tier health benefits accompany a flexible work setup. The role emphasizes ownership, calm under growth-focused chaos, and a strong viewpoint on the company's space.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with ownership of large features.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technically and drive architecture decisions.
• Comfort with growth-driven, fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the Conflict Resolution platform work for Birmingham expansion.
• Refine and maintain microservices supporting customers in Birmingham, AL.
• Write integration tests to prevent regressions before shipping in Birmingham, AL.
• Document architectural decisions, APIs, and tech choices for the org.
• Ensure Kubernetes schemas remain backward-compatible to avoid breaking upgrades.
• Profile memory usage and diagnose leaks across Birmingham nodes.

Skills

Ownership

Calm under pressure

Strategic thinking

Curiosity

Tools

Kubernetes

REST API

Azure design

Microservices

Job description

Community Development Partners pays $109,000 - $161,000 for a Lead Software Engineer in Birmingham, AL who can hold a Microsoft Azure design in their head and still see the gaps. A full-time Lead Software Engineer post in Birmingham that values REST API over 7 years, pays $109,000 - $161,000, and never boxes you in.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry the Conflict Resolution platform work that makes Community Development Partners's next AL expansion boring
• Refine and maintain microservices that support Community Development Partners customers in Birmingham, AL
• Write the Conflict Resolution integration tests that catch regressions before Birmingham, AL ships them
• Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the broader org
• Own the lead Conflict Resolution workstream that unblocks the rest of Community Development Partners's Birmingham, AL roadmap
• Keep Kubernetes schemas backward-compatible so Community Development Partners never forces a breaking upgrade
• Profile Kubernetes memory use and chase down the leaks crashing Birmingham nodes

What You'll Bring

• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description
• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
• Calm under the growth-minded chaos a lead role tends to generate
• A point of view on Community Development Partners's space, sharpened by your own reading

Most of Community Development Partners still fits in one Birmingham building, and that warm-yet-rigorous closeness is exactly why its technology work stays sharp. Disagreement is welcome here, but once we decide, the whole Community Development Partners team rows in the same direction.

We back our team with $109,000 - $161,000, equity, top-tier health benefits, and the flexibility to work where you do your best thinking.

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