Lead Software Engineer

NAI Global; City of Yonkers (NY); Hybrid; USD 161,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

NAI Global in Yonkers, NY seeks a Lead Software Engineer to own Linux initiatives from prototype to production. You’ll work with a strong team, coordinate releases with Yonkers and remote teams, and contribute to a MySQL rewrite that reduces years of technical debt.

Pay ranges from $161,000 to $242,000 for this contract role, with mentorship and a flexible schedule in your favor. Join a team that values practical, hands-on craftsmanship.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to take ownership of Linux initiatives from prototype to production.
• Experience collaborating with users and stakeholders to define tool needs.
• Comfort with contract arrangements and fast learning of new tech.

Responsibilities

• Own Linux initiatives end-to-end in a contract role.
• Work with Yonkers users to understand needs and gather requirements.
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across Yonkers and remote teams.
• Lead a MySQL rewrite to reduce technical debt and improve reliability.
• Automate Linux tasks to improve engineering efficiency.
• Guide design discussions toward clear decisions.

Skills

Ownership

Team collaboration

Contract experience

Stakeholder communication

Tools

TypeScript

MySQL

Job description

From prototype to production, our Lead Software Engineer role puts you at the center of building software people rely on. You'll take full ownership of Linux initiatives, work alongside a strong team, and earn $161,000 - $242,000 in this contract role.

Key Responsibilities

• Trace a sharp-but-gentle technology bug across three Presentation Skills services to the one bad line
• Sit with technology users in Yonkers to learn what the Presentation Skills tool really needs
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across Yonkers, NY and remote teams
• Ship the MySQL people-first rewrite that pays down years of NAI Global technical debt
• Automate the manual Linux chores that quietly drain Yonkers, NY engineering hours
• Question the entrepreneurial Delegation pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner

What You'll Bring

• Familiarity with the Yonkers market and local technology landscape
• Real proficiency with TypeScript, plus willingness to learn MySQL fast
• Comfort with contract arrangements and the rhythms of a tinker-friendly workplace
• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
• Comfort steering technology conversations toward a decision
• Comfort with a NAI Global pace that rarely sits still

The story of NAI Global is really the story of Yonkers, NY betting on a craft-focused idea about technology and being proven right. We swap TypeScript and MySQL tips over lunch because nobody here pretends to know it all.

Pay is $161,000 - $242,000, growth is structured, mentorship is personal, and the flexible contract schedule is non-negotiable in your favor.

This Yonkers, NY role just got a fresh timestamp, and applications are flowing in.

Join the people at NAI Global who chose interesting work over a comfortable rut.