Lead Software Engineer - Real-Time Events
LaddersAbout the role
For our client, we are seeking a Lead Software Engineer - Real-Time Events to join the team of a leader in the Business Services space.
This role will own the design and delivery of high-throughput, real-time event systems that support critical production workflows. The engineer will partner closely with product, data, and consumer-facing teams to improve reliability, performance, and adherence to business SLAs. This is a hands-on technical leadership role with visibility across architecture, implementation, operations, and incident response.
Lead architectural discussions, own key pipeline initiatives, and guide the design and launch of production features for the real-time event platform.
Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies that create operational advantages and implement them in production.
Collaborate with product, data, and consumer teams to align system performance with business SLAs.
Mentor team members through design and code reviews, ensuring quality delivery.
Improve service instrumentation and alerting, and manage on-call responsibilities directly.
Drive post-incident analysis to support continuous improvement of system reliability.
Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available
Compensation: $200,000 – $210,000 annually
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and launch features for the real-time event pipeline in production
Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies for operational advantages and implement them in production
Lead architectural discussions and take ownership of key pipeline projects
Mentor team members through design and code reviews, ensuring quality delivery
Collaborate with product, data, and consumer teams to align system performance with business SLAs
Improve service instrumentation and alerting, and manage on-call responsibilities directly
Drive post-incident analysis to ensure continuous improvement of system reliability
Qualifications
8-10 years in software engineering at a Lead/Staff level on event or data-infrastructure systems
Production experience with event streaming technologies such as Kafka or equivalent, as well as Python services and APIs
Proficiency in cloud technologies, particularly AWS services like S3, SNS, and Lambda
Experience with the full software development lifecycle, including monitoring and on-call responsibilities
Strong programming skills in Python; experience in Scala or Java is a plus
Proficiency with databases used in event pipelines, such as Postgres, MySQL, or DynamoDB
Familiarity with scheduling tools like Apache Airflow
Proven ability to manage high-throughput pipelines operationally
Benefits
Unlimited PTO
Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
Employee equity options
Employee discounts and virtual wellness classes
Pet insurance and additional perks
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and launch features for the real-time event pipeline in production
- Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies for operational advantages and implement them in production
- Lead architectural discussions and take ownership of key pipeline projects
- Mentor team members through design and code reviews, ensuring quality delivery
- Collaborate with product, data, and consumer teams to align system performance with business SLAs
- Improve service instrumentation and alerting, and manage on-call responsibilities directly
- Drive post-incident analysis to ensure continuous improvement of system reliability
Qualifications
- 8-10 years in software engineering at a Lead/Staff level on event or data-infrastructure systems
- Production experience with event streaming technologies such as Kafka or equivalent, as well as Python services and APIs
- Proficiency in cloud technologies, particularly AWS services like S3, SNS, and Lambda
- Experience with the full software development lifecycle, including monitoring and on-call responsibilities
- Strong programming skills in Python; experience in Scala or Java is a plus
- Proficiency with databases used in event pipelines, such as Postgres, MySQL, or DynamoDB
- Familiarity with scheduling tools like Apache Airflow
- Proven ability to manage high-throughput pipelines operationally
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employee equity options
- Employee discounts and virtual wellness classes
- Pet insurance and additional perks
Skills mentioned
About Ladders
We lead the leaders. Ladder’s community of 10 mm leading professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. We focus on the $100K+ job market, representing 25% of all jobs and about 50% of income in the US & Canada. We build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for our growing audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. We work best with people who enjoy using their talents, commitment and hard work to achieve great successes for millions of real life users through products that impact their careers. We are deeply technology-driven -- about half the company are engineers, technical product people or product designers -- but we never build technology for technology’s sake. We’re always trying to connect our efforts to the good it can do in people’s lives.
H-1B sponsorship history
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