Lead Software Engineer

Excellence Consulting; Naperville (IL); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Excellence Consulting in Naperville, IL seeks a Lead Software Engineer to optimize unit testing speed and reliability. The role offers $147,000 to $210,000 annually, with growth budgets and mentorship.

You will build features, enhance test frameworks, migrate on-prem to cloud-native, mentor new leads, own Cypress workstreams, and minimize latency along the user path.

Qualifications

• Growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback.
• Ability to be accountable for sharp-but-gentle outcomes in an internship-like setting.
• Experience thriving in a quiet, deadline-driven environment.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written.

Responsibilities

• Build the experiment-friendly Work Ethic feature that wins back the IL accounts Excellence Consulting lost.
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence.
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture.
• Mentor newer lead hires on how Excellence Consulting wires Swift together.
• Own the lead Cypress workstream that unblocks naperville roadmap.
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that users feel.
• Catch the Work Ethic race conditions that surface at Naperville peak traffic.

Skills

Growth mindset

Accountability

Deadline-driven

Ambiguity navigation

Job description

We're hiring a Lead Software Engineer for the unglamorous, essential work of making Unit Testing fast enough that nobody notices it at all. Trade your GitLab CI and 9 years for $147,000 - $210,000 at Excellence Consulting, and the growth that follows is yours to build.

Key Responsibilities

• Build the experiment-friendly Work Ethic feature that wins back the IL accounts Excellence Consulting lost
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture
• Mentor newer lead hires on how Excellence Consulting actually wires Swift together
• Own the lead Cypress workstream that unblocks the rest of Excellence Consulting's Naperville, IL roadmap
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Excellence Consulting users feel every click
• Catch the Work Ethic race conditions that only surface under Naperville peak traffic

What You'll Bring

• A growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback
• Comfort being accountable for a sharp-but-gentle outcome in an internship role
• Experience thriving in a quietly-excellent, deadline-driven setting like Excellence Consulting
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written

Think of Excellence Consulting as the craft-focused engine behind some of the most trusted technology products on the market. You won't find performance theater here; we care what you shipped, not how busy you looked.

We answer the money question first with $147,000 - $210,000, then keep going with growth budgets, mentorship, and a flexible internship schedule.

We updated this posting recently and are still actively accepting candidates.