Senior Software Engineer

Strategic Consulting Group; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Consulting Group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in New Orleans, LA. You will own and scale Core services, fix AWS issues for local customers, and tackle an undocumented Elasticsearch service while mentoring other engineers.

You’ll help guard code quality in Rust, document systems, and contribute to observability and on-call readiness for a rapidly evolving tech stack in a remote-friendly, city-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated AWS expertise in a fast-moving technology environment.
• Empathy-led problem-solving approach.
• Senior-caliber judgment about when to expand or absorb.
• Willingness to learn Elasticsearch quickly and adapt.

Responsibilities

• Scale .NET Core services from pilot to LA-wide rollout.
• Ship AWS fixes to customers in New Orleans the same day they report them.
• Decode the undocumented Elasticsearch service and improve it.
• Guard the Rust codebase quality through reviews and mentoring.

Skills

AWS expertise

Senior judgment

Empathy-led problem-solving

Willingness to learn Elasticsearch

Tools

Elasticsearch

Rust

PHP

NET Core

Job description

Build the tools that thousands of developers depend on as a Senior Software Engineer working with Delegation and modern tooling. This New Orleans opening trades 7 years and Elasticsearch for $96,000 - $139,000, then layers on the ownership most listings only hint at.

Key Responsibilities

• Scale Strategic Consulting Group's .NET Core services from New Orleans pilot to LA-wide rollout
• Ship AWS fixes to Strategic Consulting Group customers in New Orleans, LA the same day they report them
• Decode the undocumented Elasticsearch service nobody at Strategic Consulting Group remembers writing
• Guard the Rust codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch
• Mentor the senior cohort through their first real Elasticsearch on-call at Strategic Consulting Group
• Stand up observability so Strategic Consulting Group sees failures before customers in LA do
• Document the PHP system so the next senior engineer onboards in days, not weeks

What You'll Bring

• Empathy-led problem-solving that doesn't wait for permission
• Senior-caliber judgment about when to expand and when to absorb
• Demonstrated AWS expertise in a fast-moving technology environment
• Real proficiency with Flexibility, plus willingness to learn Elasticsearch fast

Strategic Consulting Group treats New Orleans, LA as both home and laboratory, prototyping remote-friendly technology ideas no larger rival would risk. Candid, kind feedback is part of the job, and we coach toward growth rather than blame.

Start strong at $96,000 - $139,000, grow with a mentor, settle into benefits and enjoy flex that finally fits New Orleans.

Live in New Orleans, LA as of this hour, with reviews ongoing.