Lead Software Engineer

Fulcrum Digital Inc; Chesterfield (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Fulcrum Digital Inc in Missouri is seeking a software engineer to contribute to a Fortune 500 financial services real-time processing engine. You will help drive scalable architecture, write high-quality C/C++ code, and participate in end-to-end delivery in an Agile environment.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams, code reviews, and advancing automation and testing practices to support frequent releases.

Qualifications

• Experience writing C/C++ for high-concurrency, real-time systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and automated testing.
• Strong programming on Linux environments.
• Experience working on Agile teams and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Management to elaborate features and test strategy.
• Create technical design and assign work to developers.
• Develop complex stories in C and write unit tests in C++ (Google Test).
• Lead code and design reviews to ensure quality.
• Collaborate with Principals and Leads to define interfaces between systems.
• Advise on deployment strategy and automation improvements.
• Coach junior employees and deliver department presentations.

Skills

C/C++

CI/CD

Linux

Agile

Embedded/RTDS

Code quality

Mentoring

System design

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a Fortune 500 financial services company on its mission-critical real-time processing engine. The distributed system processes high-concurrency data across an extensive network of partners and financial providers. You will lead key technical initiatives to enhance core system features for regular release cycles. We are seeking engineers passionate about scalable systems design, clean code, and end-to-end quality.

All About You

• Have you written many lines of code in C or C++?
• Do you like solving complex challenges?
• Have you set technical direction for your team and mentored junior engineers?
• Do you have experience in automation (CI/CD)?
• Have you developed software for Linux operating systems?
• Do you have experience and prefer working on an Agile team?
• Have you worked on embedded or real-time distributed systems?
• Are you passionate about quality and engineering standards?

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Management to elaborate features, stories, and test strategy for each initiative
• Create technical design and assign work to developers
• Develop complex stories in C and write unit tests in C++ (Google Test)
• Be a human quality gate by leading code and design reviews
• Collaborate with other Principals and Leads to define interfaces and interactions between systems
• Advise on implementation strategy for successful deployment
• Implement development process improvements and automation
• Coach and develop junior employees
• Deliver department and external presentations