Lead Full-Stack Software Engineer

November 15

🐊 Florida – Remote

Although this job is listed in Florida, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

🌽 Illinois – Remote

Although this job is listed in Illinois, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

+4 more states

🐊 Florida – Remote 🌽 Illinois – Remote 🌪️ Kansas – Remote 🏈 Ohio – Remote 🚗 Michigan – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Social News Desk

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SaaS • B2B • Media

Social News Desk is a SaaS company that provides social media management, listening, publishing, archiving, and reporting tools for organizations. Its platform is designed for professional communicators in newsrooms, government agencies, educational institutions, healthcare, and agencies, offering centralized account management, scheduling, monitoring, crisis communication features, Nextdoor integration, and SOC 2 Type 2 security. Social News Desk emphasizes human support, industry-focused workflows, and compliance for mission-critical social communication.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2010

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

📱 Media

📋 Description

• Lead daily standup's and coordinate weekly sprint execution and priorities • Drive technical design discussions, architecture decisions, and implementation strategies • Own/lead code reviews and source code standards across multiple repositories • Mentor engineers and foster a culture of clean, scalable, maintainable code • Guide long-term contractors and internal developers in delivering high-impact features • Plan, coordinate, and oversee production releases and deployment pipelines • Own uptime, reliability, and observability of production systems • Monitor and optimize cloud vendor cost and utilization • Partner closely with Product to shape feature priorities and technical feasibility • Interface with third-party partners and social platforms to manage integrations and compliance • Champion DevOps best practices, CI/CD automation, and internal developer productivity tools • Contribute to overall engineering hiring, onboarding, and process improvements as we scale

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience (Node.js + AWS) • 2+ years of experience leading engineering teams (as tech lead, manager, or equivalent) • Significant experience with AI-assisted software development (tools, methods, and research) • Strong background designing and scaling backend services and APIs • Experience managing production infrastructure in a serverless or distributed environment • Proven track record delivering reliable, customer-facing SaaS products • Strong communication skills and the ability to align technical execution with business goals • Preferred: Experience integrating with third-party APIs (especially social media platforms) • Preferred: Familiarity with real-time messaging (socket.io, WebSockets, or other techniques) • Preferred: Exposure to cost-optimization and infrastructure budgeting • Preferred: Previous work in a SaaS, public sector and/or B2B software

🏖️ Benefits

• Retirement benefits plans • Comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision) • Paid vacation and parental leave • Fully remote work environment within approved states • Opportunities for growth into senior engineering leadership roles