Principal Software Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 147,000 - 218,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexible contract hours

Job summary

ByteForge Labs seeks a Principal Software Engineer for a contract role in Columbia, MO. The candidate will own outcomes, mentor peers, and contribute to platform-scale improvements across GraphQL, Kubernetes, and RESTful APIs.

We value a collaborative, data-driven mindset, with a portfolio showing real impact. Flexible contract hours and mentorship are part of the package as we scale MO operations.

Qualifications

• Team-oriented contributor who shares credit.
• Ability to translate data into decisions.
• Portfolio demonstrates impact beyond resume.

Responsibilities

• Tune Organization queries until the MO database stops timing out under load.
• Ship RabbitMQ fixes to ByteForge Labs customers in Columbia, MO the same day they report them.
• Carry the GraphQL platform work that makes ByteForge Labs's next MO expansion boring.
• Own the Kubernetes release that Columbia leadership has circled on the calendar.
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team.
• Cut Kubernetes cold-start times so ByteForge Labs functions wake before MO users notice.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core ByteForge Labs products.
• Work closely with data teams to surface insights from production systems.

Skills

Team player

Storytelling

Portfolio

Questioning mindset

Organizational skills

Job description

At ByteForge Labs, Organization isn't a buzzword on a slide, it's Tuesday, and we need a Principal Software Engineer who feels the same way. The right proudly-imperfect candidate will own outcomes, mentor peers, and earn $147,000 - $218,000 in this principal contract position.

Key Responsibilities

• Tune Organization queries until the MO database stops timing out under load
• Ship RabbitMQ fixes to ByteForge Labs customers in Columbia, MO the same day they report them
• Carry the GraphQL platform work that makes ByteForge Labs's next MO expansion boring
• Own the Kubernetes release that Columbia leadership has circled on the calendar
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team
• Cut Kubernetes cold-start times so ByteForge Labs functions wake before MO users notice
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core ByteForge Labs products
• Work closely with data teams to surface insights from production systems

What You'll Bring

• A team player who lifts up colleagues and shares credit
• Storytelling instincts that turn data into a decision
• A portfolio that speaks louder than any line on your resume
• A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
• Sharp organizational skills and an ability to juggle multiple workstreams

Long obsessed with GraphQL, ByteForge Labs has turned a Columbia office into one of the genuinely-flexible centers of technology innovation in MO. We swap Kubernetes and Terraform tips over lunch because nobody here pretends to know it all.

The whole offer in one line: $147,000 - $218,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexible contract hours that respect the life you have in MO.

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