Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Emergent Software is seeking a Software Engineering Lead for a client’s rapidly growing SaaS platform. The role owns the Testimonials platform end to end, including architecture, development, infrastructure, reliability, scalability, security, compliance readiness, and engineering leadership.
Responsibilities
- Own the Testimonials platform, including architecture, code quality, infrastructure, and production reliability
- Manage and enhance Kubernetes-based deployments, observability, scalability, and release processes
- Make and document key architectural decisions
- Maintain operational and technical documentation
- Support platform growth and increasing customer demand
- Lead day-to-day delivery of the product roadmap
- Partner with Product on roadmap planning and technical tradeoffs
- Establish engineering standards through code and design reviews
- Mentor engineers and coordinate contractor resources as needed
- Lead engineering efforts supporting SOC 2 readiness
- Implement secure development, change control, and access management practices
- Partner with Security and Compliance teams to strengthen platform controls
- Deliver enterprise features, dashboards, and customer-requested enhancements
- Support platform integrations and modernization initiatives
- Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and automated engineering workflows
Skills
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience owning a production SaaS platform
- Strong hands-on experience with Go, React, Kubernetes, REST APIs and AWS architecture
- Proven ability to support, troubleshoot, and scale production systems
- Experience leading a small engineering team or technical workstream
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Comfortable working independently in a fast-moving environment
- Interest in AI-assisted software development practices
- MySQL and REST API experience
- SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar compliance experience
- Experience in regulated industries such as financial services or insurance
- CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and observability tooling experience
- Experience supporting enterprise customers and delivering custom solutions
- Familiarity with AI-enabled SDLC improvements
Benefits
- This role is fully remote.
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