Lead Software Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Tupelo (MS); On-site; USD 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness budget

Retirement matching

Clear milestones for promotion

Job summary

GrowthSphere Inc. seeks a Lead Software Engineer in Tupelo, MS to transform vague tech requests into concrete, scalable systems. You will lead architecture for distributed services, steer stakeholder alignment, and drive end-to-end delivery with hands-on coding and design responsibilities.

The role emphasizes ownership, public speaking, and the ability to operate in a remote-leaning structure while remaining rooted in the Tupelo market. Competitive compensation and clear milestones are offered.

Qualifications

• Public speaking skills demonstrated in cross-functional contexts.
• Ownership-driven delivery in a remote structure or distributed team.
• Hands-on technology experience with the ability to defend decisions under scrutiny.
• Comfort working and influencing in a Mississippi market.

Responsibilities

• Bridge Nginx and Stakeholder Management to integrate platform components.
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems with Elasticsearch and JavaScript.
• Integrate Next.js events into Terraform pipelines for reporting.

Skills

Public speaking

Ownership-driven delivery

Hands-on technology

MS market

Job description

We need a Lead Software Engineer who can take a vague technology request and return a spirited-and-grounded system that does exactly, and only, what was asked. Read it as a $111,000 - $166,000 invitation to own technology work in Tupelo, backed by a lead title and 7 years of trust.

Key Responsibilities

• Bridge Nginx and Stakeholder Management so the two halves of GrowthSphere Inc's platform finally talk
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Elasticsearch and JavaScript
• Stitch Next.js events into the Terraform pipeline feeding GrowthSphere Inc's technology reports
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core GrowthSphere Inc products
• Pair-program tricky Kotlin edge cases with engineers across Tupelo, MS
• Mentor the lead cohort through their first real Stakeholder Management on-call at GrowthSphere Inc
• Translate the mission-driven Strategic Planning outage into fixes that make the next Tupelo launch dull

What You'll Bring

• A knack for Public Speaking that colleagues quietly come to rely on
• A track record of ownership-driven delivery in a remote structure
• Hands-on technology experience that holds up to follow-up questions
• Comfort owning technology decisions in a MS market

For over 8 years, GrowthSphere Inc has built fast-growing solutions that help teams in Tupelo, MS get more done. Psychological safety is something we actively build, so disagreeing in good faith is encouraged.

We provide $111,000 - $166,000, a wellness budget, retirement matching, and clear milestones for moving up to the next lead.

Our Tupelo team is currently shortlisting candidates for this position.