Lead Software Engineer

GrowthSphere Inc; Daly City (CA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 272,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Dedicated learning time

Job summary

GrowthSphere Inc in Daly City, CA seeks a Lead Software Engineer to own hands-on Rust development and Selenium context-switching without losing composure. This senior role offers ownership, a collaborative team, and meaningful opportunities to level up.

You will lead design reviews, reduce technical debt, and guide critical thinking initiatives, while ensuring stable deployments in Daly City with full benefits and a competitive annual salary between $182,000 and $272,000.

Qualifications

• 8+ years steering technology projects end to end.
• Strong communication with skeptical audiences.
• Ability to defend recommendations under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Own the quietly-ambitious edge cases in GrowthSphere Inc's Rust billing nobody else wants to touch.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Push Critical Thinking changes safely behind flags so Daly City, CA rollbacks take seconds.
• Carry a proudly-imperfect Critical Thinking feature through code freeze without breaking GrowthSphere Inc stability.
• Own the ego-light Delegation subsystem that the rest of GrowthSphere Inc quietly depends on.
• Keep the Delegation build pipeline green so Daly City deploys never wait on a red light.
• Lead Critical Thinking design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before Daly City, CA builds them.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Adaptability

Critical thinking

Tools

Rust

Selenium

Webpack

Job description

GrowthSphere Inc needs a Lead Software Engineer in Daly City, CA who can context-switch between Selenium and Rust without losing the plot or their patience. This lead role pairs a $182,000 - $272,000 salary with hands-on ownership, a collaborative team, and clear opportunities to level up.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the quietly-ambitious edge cases in GrowthSphere Inc's Rust billing nobody else wants to touch
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Push Critical Thinking changes safely behind flags so Daly City, CA rollbacks take seconds
• Carry a proudly-imperfect Critical Thinking feature through code freeze without breaking GrowthSphere Inc stability
• Own the ego-light Delegation subsystem that the rest of GrowthSphere Inc quietly depends on
• Keep the Delegation build pipeline green so Daly City deploys never wait on a red light
• Lead Critical Thinking design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before Daly City, CA builds them

What You'll Bring

• The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back
• 8 or more years steering technology projects end to end
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics
• A point of view, held loosely and defended well
• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements

GrowthSphere Inc has made Daly City, CA synonymous with quality-obsessed, dependable technology work that outlasts the hype cycles. We reward the teammate who unblocks three colleagues over the one who quietly hero-codes alone.

We provide a $182,000 - $272,000 salary, full benefits, and dedicated time each week to learn new Webpack and Critical Thinking tools.