Lead Software Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and lead the Oobeo engineering team: set priorities, run standups, conduct code reviews, remove blockers, and drive execution against product and business goals
• Mentor and develop engineers on the team, establishing standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and deployment practices
• Own hiring, onboarding, and performance management for the engineering team as it grows
• Collaborate directly with product, client success, and commercial teams to translate customer needs into technical plans and timelines
• Communicate technical status, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to non-technical leadership

Ai Tooling & Team Adoption

• Act as the team's power user of Claude Code (and similar tools); model how AI-paired development is done well
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• Bring the rest of the engineering team along on AI-paired development — set the norms, run pairing sessions, propagate what works
• Use AI tooling to accelerate the hardening, testing, and modernization work this role takes on

Platform Ownership

• Serve as the technical lead for the entire Oobeo platform: the Django monolith (AWS), React frontend, React Native mobile apps (iOS and Android), and GCP serverless applications (EnforcePlus, ShuttleSync)
• Own system architecture decisions, technology stack direction, and development standards
• Support implementation of the Django version upgrade and broader codebase modernizations
• Maintain and improve production stability, performance, and security across all platform components

Development & Technical Execution

• Write and review code across the full stack: Python/Django backend, React/TypeScript admin and consumer web applications, and React Native mobile apps
• Build and extend API endpoints using Django REST Framework (serializers, viewsets, OAuth2 token flows)
• Manage PostgreSQL databases: complex schema navigation, query optimization, and migration management
• Maintain and extend payment integrations (Stripe Connect, Authorize.net, Square Mobile Payments SDK) with PCI DSS compliance awareness
• Maintain and extend real-time communication systems (Pusher/WebSockets, Twilio SMS and Voice IVR)

Infrastructure & DevOps

• Manage AWS infrastructure (Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, S3, CloudFront, Route 53) and Google Cloud Platform resources
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to replace current manual infrastructure management
• Own CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes across all platform components
• Build and maintain monitoring, alerting, and incident response capabilities
• Manage Docker containerization and deployment workflows
• Own third-party integrations
• Manage Twilio phone number provisioning, webhook configuration, and SMS workflows across customer locations

Quality & Testing

• Establish and build out automated testing (pytest-django, factory_boy) on a codebase with minimal existing test coverage
• Define and enforce development standards, code review practices, and technical documentation