Lead Software Engineer - MongoDB & DevOps Mentor

Financial Advisors Plus; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real mentorship

Lasting benefits

Flexible work options

Job summary

Financial Advisors Plus in Richmond, VA is seeking a Chemical Engineer to lead Team Leadership systems under pressure, blending hands-on engineering with strategic oversight.

You will guide senior initiatives, tune databases, scale MongoDB, mentor juniors, and drive crisp acceptance criteria for Angular tickets. This role offers mentorship, benefits, and real flexibility in a Richmond office.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience guiding senior-level initiatives.
• Clear written communication across teams and emails.
• Entrepreneurial attitude with eagerness to learn new skills.
• Discipline to over-share early and adjust later.

Responsibilities

• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput workloads.
• Sketch GitHub Actions sequence diagrams for clear tech flow.
• Hunt down unexplained latency spikes.
• Lead technical design reviews for senior initiatives.
• Turn vague tickets into crisp, testable Angular acceptance criteria.
• Scale MongoDB services from Richmond to VA-wide rollout.
• Trace bugs across services to a single bad line.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to code-review culture.

Skills

Leadership experience

Written communication

Entrepreneurial attitude

Multitasking

Job description

Financial Advisors Plus in Richmond, VA is seeking a Chemical Engineer to lead Team Leadership systems under pressure, blending hands-on engineering with strategic oversight.

You will guide senior initiatives, tune databases, scale MongoDB, mentor juniors, and drive crisp acceptance criteria for Angular tickets. This role offers mentorship, benefits, and real flexibility in a Richmond office.