Lead Software Engineer

Hireology's technology empowers businesses to build great teams. Over the last 11 years, we've grown from a startup to a market-leading organization with over 185 team members and built an award-winning culture that makes this company an amazing place to work. It's with that in mind that Hireology is looking to add a Lead Software Engineer to our team.
Hireology is based in Chicago, but our Engineering and UX teams work remotely, so you'll be able to work from the comfort of your home. We have regular company-wide events, semi-annual team gatherings, and frequent celebrations when we hit our goals.
As our Lead Software Engineer, you'll be responsible for:

• Help implement an easy to use, continuously deployed product
• Improve system performance and responsiveness
• Participate in DevOps tasks, design reviews, coding modules, code reviews, unit testing and automated acceptance testing
• Collaborate with experienced software developers in the design, development, maintenance of our application
• Partner closely with our product and business teams to ensure that we are delivering the best possible outcomes for our internal and external customers
• Act as a mentor for junior developers and foster a collaborative environment

Okay, we've laid out what the job is - now are you qualified?

• 3+ years building high-performance scalable web applications
• Experience with Node.js, .NET, Rails, Java EE or similar server-side frameworks
• Experience with modern client-side technologies such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.
• Have a knack for UI/UX and able to bring those concepts to life
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of API driven architecture including RESTful services.
• Excited about delivering quality and are familiar with unit and acceptance testing frameworks
• Experience executing third-party API integrations
• Strong understanding of Observability concepts and solutions such as Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, or Honeycomb.
• Comfortable in a modern software engineering environment with distributed source code control, dev/stage/prod release cycle, extensive testing, and continuous deployment
• Fearless about learning new technologies and technical approaches to application development

A few benefits of working at Hireology:

• Unlimited paid time off / mental health days
• Health, Dental, Vision insurance coverage from day one
• Work from anywhere!
• 401(k) with company match
• Award-winning culture
• External learning budget
• Home office stipend
• Stock options
• Amazing growth opportunities.. and more!

Must be authorized to work in the United States. We are not able to provide Visa sponsorship. Agency and/or Third Party inquiries will not be accepted.
Hireology is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, genetic information, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability status or protected veteran status, or any other category protected under the law. All employment decisions are solely based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. We support an inclusive workplace where Hireologists excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.