Senior Software Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Escondido (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commuter benefits

Mentor program

Job summary

Energy Innovation Corp in Escondido, CA seeks a Senior Software Engineer to scale infrastructure, lead initiatives, and drive reliability across a Java/Spring ecosystem. You’ll own tooling that boosts developer productivity, resolve production incidents, and push performance improvements with a focus on React frontends and Kubernetes-based deployments.

The role emphasizes leadership, hands-on coding, and clear documentation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years navigating the politics that technology work attracts.
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes.
• Practical React skills sharpened in a full-time setting.
• A solid foundation in Kubernetes, refined over 6+ years.
• Clarity of thought that shows up in tidy documentation.

Responsibilities

• Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents across Java-based applications.
• Ship incremental improvements to Dollar General's Escondido platform on a regular cadence.
• Pull Dollar General's Swift stack out of the CA region before the migration deadline.
• Land Go performance wins Dollar General can measure in CA retention numbers.
• Bridge Java and Unit Testing so the two halves of Dollar General's platform finally talk.
• Harden Dollar General's Java auth so the CA audit comes back clean.
• Apply Spring Boot and Leadership to solve trust-based engineering challenges.

Skills

React

Kubernetes

Java

Unit Testing

Leadership

Job description

The Senior Software Engineer we hire will help scale our infrastructure from thousands to millions of concurrent users. What Dollar General is really offering: $125,000 - $197,000 for 6 years of Leadership, plus growth that does not stall at the door.

Key Responsibilities

• Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents across Java-based applications
• Ship incremental improvements to Dollar General's Escondido platform on a regular cadence
• Pull Dollar General's Swift stack out of the CA region before the migration deadline
• Land Go performance wins Dollar General can measure in CA retention numbers
• Bridge Java and Unit Testing so the two halves of Dollar General's platform finally talk
• Harden Dollar General's Java auth so the CA audit comes back clean
• Apply Spring Boot and Leadership to solve trust-based engineering challenges

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years navigating the politics that technology work attracts
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes
• Practical React skills sharpened in a full-time setting
• A solid foundation in Kubernetes, refined over 6+ years
• Clarity of thought that shows up in tidy documentation

Growing steadily over 5 years, Dollar General now leads agile innovation in the technology market. Our Escondido, CA team moves at a steady, sustainable pace and protects time for deep, focused Unit Testing work.

Here in Escondido, you'll enjoy $125,000 - $197,000, commuter benefits, and a mentor matched to your technology ambitions.

We are prioritizing Spring Boot talent right now and reviewing resumes as they arrive.

Your Unit Testing story isn't finished, and the next chapter might be a Senior Software Engineer role here.