Lead Software Engineer - Ownership, Mentorship & Uptime

Egreenservices; Chicago (IL); In loco; USD 137.000 - 204.000; Tempo pieno

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Unlimited PTO

Descrizione del lavoro

Citadel in Chicago, IL is seeking a Lead Software Engineer who can advocate for team leadership and align on collective decisions. You will own hands-on systems, drive architectural choices, and mentor teammates to grow in technology.

You will map data flows across Ruby services, reduce technical debt, and partner with data teams to surface insights from production while ensuring uptime during high-traffic periods. This role combines leadership with hands-on coding and strategic impact.

Competenze

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong leadership and clear communication skills.
• Experience with microservices and Ruby/Rails.

Mansioni

• Map data flow across Citadel's Ruby services and spot the leaks.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Work closely with data teams to surface insights from production systems.
• Defend Citadel uptime through the 2 a.m. Chicago pages nobody volunteers for.
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across Chicago, IL and remote teams.
• Turn Citadel's RabbitMQ on-call noise into alerts that actually mean something.
• Keep the technology RabbitMQ service humming through Chicago's holiday traffic surge.

Conoscenze

Team leadership

Communication

Systems design

Data-driven decisions

Strumenti

Ruby

Microservices

Descrizione del lavoro

Citadel in Chicago, IL is seeking a Lead Software Engineer who can advocate for team leadership and align on collective decisions. You will own hands-on systems, drive architectural choices, and mentor teammates to grow in technology.

You will map data flows across Ruby services, reduce technical debt, and partner with data teams to surface insights from production while ensuring uptime during high-traffic periods. This role combines leadership with hands-on coding and strategic impact.