Principal Software Engineer — Flexible Hours & Mentorship

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

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.