
Lead Software Engineer
Datasite
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • Minnesota • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $118,800 - $207,200 per year
Job Level
About the role
- lead projects and drive technical decisions
- manage complex systems while balancing business context, customer impact, and long-term goals
- shape the team’s direction and ensure high-quality execution across multiple phases of development
- create roadmaps in partnership with product, team, and leadership
- define architectural improvements to reduce operational overhead
- identify and champion cross-team improvements
- foster collaboration within the team through feedback
- provide technical guidance to cross-functional stakeholders
- evaluate trade-offs between business needs and technical constraints
- own ambiguous challenges and proactively resolve issues
- provide mentorship through coaching and feedback
- ensure delivery of high-quality, reliable features and services
- track project progress and adapt plans
Requirements
- Backend engineer with a preference toward Java/Kotlin
- Deep expertise in designing, building, and maintaining large-scale systems, focusing on clean, scalable, and performant code.
- Proven SME in modern programming paradigms and languages, with rapid adaptability to new ones.
- Strong mastery of testing practices like unit, integration, end-to-end, and high code quality standards.
- Expertise in current dev tools: version control, CI/CD, IaC, containers, cloud architectures.
- Eager to adopt best-fit solutions.
- Passion for tracking industry trends, evaluating new tech, and driving sustainable adoptions aligned with business goals.
- Openness to incorporating AI into the dev workflow
- Bonus for Marketplace or Apps development
- Bonus for exposure to Kong or similar
- Bonus for Full Stack capabilities
Benefits
- health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
- a retirement savings plan
- paid time off
- other employee benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaKotlinlarge-scale systemsclean codescalable codeperformant codeunit testingintegration testingend-to-end testinghigh code quality standards
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationmentorshipproblem-solvingadaptabilitycommunicationfeedbackproject managementtechnical guidancestrategic thinking