Lead Software Engineer

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🕒 April 23

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $130k - $150k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Emerald

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2014

📱 Media

🤝 B2B

💰 $400M Post IPO equity on 2020-07

Media • B2B

Emerald is a market-leading events and media company that produces over 100 live events and a portfolio of digital media properties to connect buyers, brands, and professionals across industries such as design & construction, retail, industrial, luxury, sports, and technology. The company builds interactive in-person experiences and online communities, leveraging industry expertise and data-driven insights to drive business development, networking, and market intelligence for professional audiences.

📋 Description

• Set and uphold quality standards for the team, including coding standards, architectural guidelines, testing expectations, and operational best practices • Provide technical and architectural leadership, guiding system design, component boundaries, integration strategies, and long-term platform evolution • Drive adoption of software design and architectural patterns, such as component-based architectures, event-driven systems, API-first design, and contract-driven development • Establish and evolve development workflows and quality gates, including code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and release readiness criteria • Lead AI adoption within the engineering organization, including: Identifying opportunities to leverage AI for code generation, testing, refactoring, and documentation • Encouraging responsible and effective use of AI tools to improve developer productivity and quality • Partnering with leadership to align AI usage with security, compliance, and engineering standards • Mentor and develop engineers in system design, problem decomposition, and modern development practices • Remain hands-on when appropriate, contributing to design reviews, complex implementations, and legacy refactoring efforts • Lead legacy modernization initiatives, balancing technical debt reduction with feature delivery and business needs • Collaborate closely with Product, Design, DevOps, and other stakeholders to ensure architectural decisions support scalability, reliability, and business outcomes

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in development, with at least 3 years in a leadership role • Proven ability to lead engineering teams in an Enterprise SaaS environment • Strong expertise in React, Node.js, and modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks • Ability to work independently and organize tasks and priorities • Deep understanding of software engineering principles: SOLID, DRY, KISS, separation of concerns • Domain-driven design (DDD) concepts • Proven experience designing and implementing scalable system architectures in Enterprise SaaS environments • Demonstrated knowledge of development and architectural patterns, such as: Component-based architectures, Event-driven systems, API-first and contract-driven development • Experience leading legacy modernization efforts, including migrations to modern stacks and frameworks • Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and release automation • Strong knowledge of testing strategies (unit, integration, end-to-end, contract testing) • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures • Familiarity with AWS architecture patterns (networking, security, scaling) • Experience building or maintaining design systems and shared component libraries

🏖️ Benefits

• Unlimited vacation for exempt employees • Flexible working locations • 401(k) plan with a company match • Medical/dental/vision coverage with inclusive provisions including transgender services and fertility benefits • Parental and caregiver leave • Dependent, commuter and FSA benefits • Professional development programs like Toastmasters • Mental wellness tools