Lead Software Developer

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Job Title: Lead Software Developer

Location-Type: Onsite (5 days/week – Downtown Los Angeles)

Start Date Is: ASAP

Duration: Permanent

Compensation Range: $123,000 – $178,000 base salary ~5% annual bonus (performance-based)

Job Description:
The Lead Software Developer will own and deliver backend-focused cloud solutions, ensuring scalable, secure, and well-architected applications while mentoring engineers and guiding technical execution across distributed teams.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Design and implement backend-heavy, event-driven solutions using AWS services

• Lead development of Lambda-based architectures with a unified codebase

• Collaborate with Product, Sales Engineering, and Quality Engineering teams

• Review code, write unit and end-to-end tests, and enforce best practices

• Provide technical mentorship and ensure team progress and delivery

• Own documentation and architectural decisions from a solutions perspective

• Support production releases, launches, and operational readiness

• Refine tickets and proactively improve development workflows

• Balance hands-on development (~50%) with mentorship and leadership (~50%)

Requirements:

• Must-Haves:

  • 5–7 years of professional software development experience

  • Strong backend focus (70% backend / 30% frontend)

  • Advanced AWS experience: Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, SNS/SQS, Athena

  • Node.js, TypeScript, React experience

  • Experience building and scaling REST APIs for consumer-facing applications

  • Event-driven microservices architecture experience

  • Proficiency with React build/deploy tooling (Vite, rsbuild/pack, rollup)

  • Experience with Web Application Firewalls and related security tooling

  • Strong cross-functional communication with product and non-technical teams

  • Unit testing and end-to-end testing expertise

  • Infrastructure and code management using AWS CloudFormation and GitHub

  • Experience with transactional email, SMS, queues, and messaging platforms

  • Agile/SCRUM experience using tools such as Jira

  • Comfortable working across time zones with globally distributed teams

• Nice-to-Haves:

  • Experience managing engineers or leading projects

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

  • Experience with Go (can be ramped up)

  • Background in automation detection, data-driven systems, or ticketing platforms

  • Passion for live entertainment or high-volume consumer platforms

  • Experience supporting production launches and post-launch support