Software Development Engineer – Lead

Jobtailor; Missouri; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Missouri is seeking a senior software engineer to design, build, and support enterprise applications and platform services. You will lead architecture discussions and guide teams in delivering scalable cloud-native solutions and APIs.

You must have 7+ years of experience with Java or Python, strong leadership skills, and a track record of delivering reliable systems. Mentoring colleagues and driving architectural excellence are key parts of the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 7+ years of software/engineering experience.
• Experience with Java and/or Python.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, and support enterprise applications and platform services.
• Evaluate architectures and recommend technologies based on cost, scalability, reliability, and operational supportability.
• Develop cloud-native solutions using APIs, event-driven patterns, and distributed systems principles.
• Provide technical leadership during design reviews and implementation activities.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis and remediation.
• Maintain knowledge of industry trends, cloud technologies, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Mentor engineers and serve as technical lead on projects.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Cloud technologies

API design

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Java

Python

Cloud platforms

APIs

Job description

Responsibilities

• Analyzes, designs, develops, and supports enterprise applications and platform services.
• Evaluates architectural approaches and recommends appropriate technologies based on business requirements, cost, scalability, reliability, and operational supportability.
• Develops cloud-native solutions using APIs, event-driven patterns, and distributed systems principles.
• Provides technical leadership and guidance during design reviews and implementation activities.
• Troubleshoots complex production issues and drives root cause analysis and remediation.
• Maintains knowledge of industry trends, cloud technologies, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Mentors less experienced engineers and serves as technical lead, leading by example on projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 7+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, or cloud engineering experience
• Experience developing enterprise applications using Java and/or Python
• Experience designing and supporting distributed systems and APIs