Lead Software Engineer — GraphQL, PHP & Python, CI/CD

Energy Innovation Corp; Grand Junction (CO); On-site; USD 119,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerson in Grand Junction, CO seeks a Lead Software Engineer to own problems from prototype to pager, offering a salary range of $119,000 to $189,000 per year. This role emphasizes PHP and Python, CI/CD mastery, and strong leadership in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include debugging, defining clear acceptance criteria for AWS, and maintaining GraphQL code quality through reviews, with opportunities to influence deployments and tooling choices.

Qualifications

• The instinct to ask "what would change your mind?" before debating.
• Comfort with an Emerson pace that rarely sits still.
• Lead mastery of CI/CD, validated by people who'd hire you again.
• Demonstrated PHP expertise in a fast-moving technology environment.
• 7 years of PHP práctica, plus a hunger for what's next.
• Hands-on Python experience that survives a whiteboard interview.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable AWS acceptance criteria
• Guard the GraphQL codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with CI/CD and GraphQL
• Negotiate Python tradeoffs with product when Emerson timelines and reality collide

Skills

PHP

Python

CI/CD

GraphQL

Bug fixing

Code reviews

AWS

Leadership

Testing

Tools

GraphQL

Docker

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Emerson in Grand Junction, CO seeks a Lead Software Engineer to own problems from prototype to pager, offering a salary range of $119,000 to $189,000 per year. This role emphasizes PHP and Python, CI/CD mastery, and strong leadership in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include debugging, defining clear acceptance criteria for AWS, and maintaining GraphQL code quality through reviews, with opportunities to influence deployments and tooling choices.