Lead Software Engineer: Spring Boot & CI/CD Champion

Valero Energy; Independence (MO); On-site; USD 122,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Valero Energy in Independence, MO is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own Spring Boot from day one and drive high-impact projects. You will translate vague tickets into crisp acceptance criteria, tighten CI/CD, tune databases, and guide teams to deliver value quickly.

You bring 9+ years leading technology initiatives, 8+ years building REST APIs, and a pragmatic, collaborative mindset. Valero Energy values teamwork over heroics and offers real mentorship and long-term growth in a supportive

Qualifications

• 8+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way.
• 9+ years steering technology projects end to end.
• A point of view on Valero Energy's space, sharpened by your own reading.
• Working familiarity with internship schedules and team norms at Valero Energy.

Responsibilities

• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable acceptance criteria.
• Watch Ansible error budgets and prevent outages.
• Translate metrics into a leadership-friendly chart.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across MO teams.
• Ship fixes to Valero Energy customers in Independence, MO the same day they report them.
• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput workloads.
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and libraries.

Skills

REST API

Analytical Thinking

Presentation Skills

Tools

Ansible

Spring Boot

CI/CD

Database tuning

Job description

Valero Energy in Independence, MO is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to own Spring Boot from day one and drive high-impact projects. You will translate vague tickets into crisp acceptance criteria, tighten CI/CD, tune databases, and guide teams to deliver value quickly.

You bring 9+ years leading technology initiatives, 8+ years building REST APIs, and a pragmatic, collaborative mindset. Valero Energy values teamwork over heroics and offers real mentorship and long-term growth in a supportive