Lead Software Engineer

Egreenservices; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth plan

Mentor program

Benefits

Job summary

NexTech Systems in Iowa City, IA is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own the technical direction of our next product line. You will choose half the tools, lead architecture decisions, and guide a team through complex JavaScript services and Rails components.

With 8 years of Ruby on Rails experience, you will scale data pipelines, improve CI/CD, and collaborate across the Iowa City engineering group. We offer a growth plan, mentoring, and competitive compensation between $131,000 and $174,000

Qualifications

• 8 years of Ruby on Rails experience
• Translate fuzzy product wishes into shippable JavaScript services
• Lead CI/CD infrastructure improvements across IA teams

Responsibilities

• Translate fuzzy product wishes from NexTech Systems stakeholders into shippable JavaScript services
• Hand off Continuous Learning runbooks so the next on-call at NexTech Systems sleeps better
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across IA engineering teams
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Ansible
• Pair-program tricky Collaboration edge cases with engineers across Iowa City, IA

Skills

Ruby on Rails

JavaScript

CI/CD

Tools

Ansible

Job description

NexTech Systems is wiring up its next product line, and the Lead Software Engineer we hire in Iowa City, IA gets to choose half the tools. Take ownership, lean on your 8 years of Ruby on Rails, and earn $131,000 - $174,000 as part of a team that grows with you.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate fuzzy product wishes from NexTech Systems stakeholders into shippable JavaScript services
• Hand off Continuous Learning runbooks so the next on-call at NexTech Systems sleeps better
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across IA engineering teams
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Ansible
• Pair-program tricky Collaboration edge cases with engineers across Iowa City, IA

What You'll Bring

• Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support lead teammates
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence

NexTech Systems exists for one stubborn reason: the technology tools everyone settled for were never good enough, so we rebuilt them from Iowa City, IA. Politics die fast at NexTech Systems because we put the awkward stuff on the table early.

We hand you $131,000 - $174,000, a growth plan, a mentor, and benefits, then let you flex your week to fit Iowa City the way you like.

Updated today, this Lead Software Engineer req has fresh dates and an open invitation.