Software Engineer

Social Innovation Lab; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 78,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote flexibility

Retirement matching

Senior goal coaching

Job summary

Social Innovation Lab in Topeka, KS seeks a Software Engineer who thrives on ownership and a clean pull request history. You will own features end-to-end, collaborating with a small team that values mentorship and rapid iteration across the stack.

The role offers a salary range of 78,000–104,000 USD, remote flexibility, retirement matching, and coaching tailored to senior goals. Applications are actively reviewed this week.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated comfort presenting to senior leadership.
• Meticulous attention to detail across every deliverable.
• Hands-on technology experience that holds up to follow-up questions.
• The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in.
• 6+ years that left you with strong instincts and few illustrations.

Responsibilities

• Tune Git caching to ensure Social Innovation Lab survives the Topeka launch spike on the same hardware.
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Social Innovation Lab users feel every click.
• Bridge Jenkins and Critical Thinking so the two halves of Social Innovation Lab's platform finally talk.
• Pull Terraform telemetry into dashboards Social Innovation Lab leaders actually open.
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with Terraform and Innovation.
• Watch Jenkins error budgets and pump the brakes before Topeka, KS burns through them.
• Refine and maintain microservices that support Social Innovation Lab customers in Topeka, KS.

Skills

Present to senior leadership

Attention to detail

Hands-on technology experience

Reliability

Strong instincts

6+ years experience

Job description

We're after a Software Engineer whose idea of a good day is a collaborative pull request that closed three tickets and opened zero. What anchors this Topeka job is ownership; the $78,000 - $104,000, the full-time hours, the 6-year ask all hang off that.

Key Responsibilities

• Tune Git caching so Social Innovation Lab survives the Topeka launch spike on the same hardware
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Social Innovation Lab users feel every click
• Bridge Jenkins and Critical Thinking so the two halves of Social Innovation Lab's platform finally talk
• Pull Terraform telemetry into dashboards Social Innovation Lab leaders actually open
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with Terraform and Innovation
• Watch Jenkins error budgets and pump the brakes before Topeka, KS burns through them
• Refine and maintain microservices that support Social Innovation Lab customers in Topeka, KS

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated comfort presenting to senior leadership
• 7 years that taught you which corners can be cut
• Meticulous attention to detail across every deliverable
• Hands-on technology experience that holds up to follow-up questions
• The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in
• 6+ years that left you with strong instincts and few illustrations

Social Innovation Lab is a small but plainspoken KS company that punches well above its weight in the technology space. We build an environment where mentorship-focused ideas get tested quickly and credit is shared fairly.

The offer includes $78,000 - $104,000, remote flexibility, retirement matching, and coaching tailored to your senior goals.

We are actively reviewing applications for this Software Engineer role this week.

Come find out why people stay at Social Innovation Lab once they get here; the Software Engineer door is open.