Lead Software Engineer - Ownership & Freelance Schedule

Egreenservices; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 105,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

Job summary

InnovateNow in Akron, Ohio is seeking a Lead Software Engineer who thrives on ownership and hands-on leadership to define and deliver secure REST APIs, frontend work with TypeScript and Next.js, and strong collaboration with product and design teams.

The role emphasizes shipping features end to end, improving testing, security, and observability, and owning architectural decisions in a fast-paced design-led environment.

Qualifications

• 8 years of REST API experience
• 7+ years in a technology setting
• Hands-on familiarity with TypeScript and web technologies
• Experience with Jenkins side projects

Responsibilities

• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using Work-Life Balance
• Spot the hands-on Angular anti-pattern in review before it spreads through InnovateNow
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable Next.js acceptance criteria
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Negotiate Creativity tradeoffs with product when InnovateNow timelines and reality collide
• Sketch the REST API architecture, defend it in review, then build the thing

Skills

TypeScript

REST API

Angular

Go

Ownership

Tools

Jenkins

Next.js

Job description

InnovateNow in Akron, Ohio is seeking a Lead Software Engineer who thrives on ownership and hands-on leadership to define and deliver secure REST APIs, frontend work with TypeScript and Next.js, and strong collaboration with product and design teams.

The role emphasizes shipping features end to end, improving testing, security, and observability, and owning architectural decisions in a fast-paced design-led environment.