Lead Software Engineer

Lever, Inc.; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Nine company-wide holidays

Diverse suite of benefits prioritizing

Job summary

Kobie Marketing seeks an experienced Lead Software Engineer to drive the full software development lifecycle. You will lead development teams, break down work, and ensure successful delivery by collaborating with key team members.

You will design and develop applications using J2EE technologies, SOA, and API development in containerized environments, with strong knowledge of frontend tech and patterns that deliver high-value vertical slices. Remote-friendly, growth-focused.

Qualifications

• Lead development teams responsible for delivering prioritized roadmap items.
• Design & develop apps using J2EE, SOA, with frontend knowledge for vertical value.
• Deep SOA/API experience in a containerized deployment environment.

Responsibilities

• Guide and coach engineers, applying best practices for product work items.
• Lead all Agile phases: grooming, designing, coding, testing.
• Focus on outcomes, ensuring timely, high-quality, flexible solutions.
• Participate in design sessions with product owners to meet business needs.
• Mentor teammates on best practices and new tech adoption.
• Promote solid coding patterns and standards across the team.
• Establish standards in coding, design, security, automation, and testing.
• Foster an engaging, respectful environment that supports growth.

Skills

Team leadership

J2EE

SOA architecture

Frontend technologies

Databases (PostgreSQL/Oracle)

Messaging patterns

Web services (XML/JSON)

Java technologies (JMS, MDB, JPA)

Spring Frameworks

Microservices

API development in containers

Test Driven Development / BDD

Job description

Join a National Top Workplace

Named a Top Workplace in the USA and Top Remote Workplace, Kobie is where the best minds in loyalty come together, driven by passion and innovation. We’re always looking for talented individuals who are ready to join a collaborative, growth-focused culture. As a partner to some of the world’s most recognized brands, we are leaders in loyalty, helping brands build lasting emotional connections with their consumers.

Join Us from Anywhere

While our headquarters are nestled in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida, Kobie embraces a flexible work environment, offering teammates the freedom to work remotely. We understand the importance of work-life balance and support our team with:

• Flexible Time Off to recharge when needed
• Nine Company-Wide Holidays
• A diverse suite of benefits prioritizing your growth, development, and personal well-being

Discover more about our perks and benefits here.

Kobie is a values-led organization where we believe that everyone is a leader, regardless of their position or role.

Travel Requirements:

As a remote-first organization headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, Kobie values meaningful in-person connection and collaboration that strengthens our teams, supports our clients, and enhances our culture. While travel requirements vary by role, periodic travel may be required to support business objectives, team collaboration, customer engagements, training, and company events. Candidates should be able and willing to travel as needed to fulfill the responsibilities of the role.

About the team and what we will build together

You are a Lead Software Engineer with 8+ years experience in the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, automated build processes, testing, peer review, and DevOps. You are a critical thinker with experience prioritizing and negotiating several competing efforts and maintaining productivity through numerous context changes. You have led development teams and know how to define and commit to a body of work in which you ensure the successful delivery by breaking it down into consumable parts and collaborating with key team members. An attribute you excel at is the ability to drive out ambiguity in the technology solutions we build in order to bring value to our customers.

How you will make an impact

• Gain the respect of your team and coach engineers at multiple levels to apply best practices when solutioning work items for our products.
• Support and lead all phases of the Agile methodology (grooming, designing, coding, testing)
• Focus on outcomes as opposed to output and ensure timely delivery of high quality, flexible and maintainable solutions.
• Participate in design sessions; work with product owners to ensure your solutions meet the needs of the business and our customers.
• Assist other team members with questions and provide guidance and mentorship on best practices and new technology adoption.
• Promote and demonstrate good coding practice and patterns for the team
• Establish and reinforce standards in the areas of coding, design, security, automation, and testing.
• Create and maintain a highly engaging and respectful work environment that encourages learning and the advancement of our people, process, and tooling.

What you need to be successful

• Experience leading development teams who are responsible for the successful delivery of prioritized roadmap items
• Experience designing and developing applications and components using J2EE technologies, SOA architecture, with sound knowledge in front end technologies to deliver vertical slices of value
• Deep experience with service-oriented architecture and API development within a containerized deployment environment
• Experience with distributed computing and object-oriented design and analysis
• Strong relational database skills using PostgreSQL / Oracle
• Strong knowledge of Enterprise Messaging/Integration Patterns
• Experience in developing XML / JSON based web-services
• Experience in Java technologies: JMS, MDB, JPA (Hibernate)
• Familiarity with key Java frameworks and libraries such as Spring (Boot, MVC, Security, Data), Hibernate/JPA, and relevant testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito)
• Experience with high-volume, real-time applications
• In depth experience with Agile (e.g., Scrum Process)
• Apache Camel and Apache ActiveMQ
• Java, Bamboo/GIT, Open source components and frameworks
• Experience with Test Driven Development and BDD

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Spring frameworks (Core, Boot, Batch, Data, REST)
• Extensive experience in Microservices Architecture, GraphQL
• Build Management tools (GitHub Actions, Hudson)
• Familiarity and experience with AI/ML driven tooling
• AWS, EKS, Karpenter, ArgoCD

Who we are

As a trusted partner, Kobie delivers market-leading, end-to-end loyalty solutions designed to enable customer experiences for the world's most successful brands. We do this with a strategy-led technology approach that uncovers the truth behind what drives consumers on an emotional level. We believe that our team's passion and expertise are the driving forces behind our success and are proud to be named a Top Workplaces in the USA, where the best and brightest in loyalty drive our mission of growing enterprise value through loyalty.

A place for all

We celebrate and embrace diversity at Kobie!

Employment at Kobie is based solely on an individual's merit and qualifications, which are directly related to professional competence. We do not discriminate against any teammate or applicant because of race,color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We are fiercely committed to fostering a workplace where teammates can bring their authentic selves to work every day. Our DEI initiatives, including various committees, ensure that principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion are deeply ingrained throughout Kobie. While our leadership team fully supports our policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity, it is the responsibility of all teammates to uphold these values.