Lead Software Engineer - AI-Driven Microservices Leader

Bonterra; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Bonterra is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join a mission-driven team building AI-powered tools for social good. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable microservices in Go and Angular frontends in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

You will work with developers, product managers, and QA to deliver robust APIs, scalable UI components, and reliable deployments in Kubernetes. Applicants should have strong Go, Angular, TypeScript, cloud, and testing experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-stack software development experience.
• Strong experience with Go for backend development, including building RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Proficiency with Angular (preferably Angular 15+) and TypeScript for frontend development.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and distributed system patterns.
• Experience with REST API design and OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.
• Experience with MySQL in production environments, including schema design and query optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes/Helm.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines in Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with testing frameworks (unit/integration/e2e).
• Comfortable in AWS or similar cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain reliable microservices within a large-scale distributed architecture using Go for backend APIs and Angular for frontend applications.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.
• Build scalable Angular UI applications and contribute to shared component libraries.
• Work within a microservices ecosystem using Kubernetes/Helm for orchestration and deployment.
• Implement testing strategies with Go (Ginkgo) and Angular (Jest/Cypress).
• Take ownership of architectural decisions spanning multiple microservices and the full software lifecycle.
• Drive technical initiatives and improve efficiency with AI tools where applicable.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, QA, and other engineers to deliver user-focused features.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Go backend

Angular frontend

TypeScript

Microservices

Kubernetes

Docker

OpenAPI/Swagger

CI/CD

AWS

Testing frameworks

Tools

Jest

Cypress

Angular 15+

Job description

Bonterra is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join a mission-driven team building AI-powered tools for social good. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable microservices in Go and Angular frontends in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

You will work with developers, product managers, and QA to deliver robust APIs, scalable UI components, and reliable deployments in Kubernetes. Applicants should have strong Go, Angular, TypeScript, cloud, and testing experience.