Lead Software Engineer

Content Advantage Group; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Content Advantage Group in Buffalo, NY is seeking a Lead Software Engineer who can turn zero-bureaucracy ideas about .NET Core into a customer-facing product. This leadership role blends hands-on ownership with a collaborative team and clear opportunities to level up.

You will own critical engineering decisions, drive performance improvements, and mentor teammates while shipping reliable software on a regular cadence for our Buffalo platform.

Qualifications

• Kafka expertise with practical implementation experience.
• Demonstrated leadership in senior/lead roles.
• Strong written and verbal communication, capable of clear recaps.
• Integrity to own mistakes and communicate transparently.
• Solid knowledge of Nginx and Kafka for performance improvements.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Linux libraries.
• Hand off AWS runbooks to improve on-call sleep for the team.
• Negotiate learning tradeoffs with product when timelines clash with reality.
• Build PostgreSQL self-service tools for internal teams in Buffalo.
• Ship incremental platform improvements on a regular cadence.
• Refactor legacy Kafka modules to cleaner state.
• Shave milliseconds off the critical tech path for end users.
• Keep the Swift build pipeline green to avoid deployment delays.

Skills

Kafka

Nginx

Leadership

Communication

Integrity

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS

Linux

Job description

Content Advantage Group is looking for a Lead Software Engineer who can turn zero-bureaucracy ideas about .NET Core into something a customer never has to think about. This lead role pairs a $110,000 - $155,000 salary with hands-on ownership, a collaborative team, and clear opportunities to level up.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Linux libraries
• Hand off AWS runbooks so the next on-call at Content Advantage Group sleeps better
• Negotiate Continuous Learning tradeoffs with product when Content Advantage Group timelines and reality collide
• Build PostgreSQL self-service tools so Buffalo teams stop filing tickets for everything
• Ship incremental improvements to Content Advantage Group's Buffalo platform on a regular cadence
• Reach into legacy Kafka modules and leave them cleaner than you found them
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Content Advantage Group users feel every click
• Keep the Swift build pipeline green so Buffalo deploys never wait on a red light

What You'll Bring

• Practical command of Kafka, with bonus points for Resilience
• Calm under the people-first chaos a lead role tends to generate
• A communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads
• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first
• Equal parts Nginx depth and Kafka curiosity

There's a reason technology leaders keep calling Content Advantage Group: this service-minded Buffalo, NY team simply refuses to ship anything mediocre. Inclusion isn't a slogan here; it shapes how we hire, promote, and run every meeting.

Our Content Advantage Group offer leans on substance: $110,000 - $155,000, mentorship, benefits, and a flexible schedule that respects Buffalo life.

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