Lead Software Engineer

What You’ll Do

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional engineering team guiding technical decisions, providing code reviews, and fostering a culture of learning and excellence.
• Architect and oversee development of end-to-end product features; from frontend interfaces to backend systems, APIs, and databases.
• Drive technical strategy and best practices, ensuring code quality, scalability, and maintainability across the stack.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers to translate business goals into a well-defined technical roadmap.
• Partner with DevOps and QA to establish robust CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and monitoring systems that support reliable, scalable releases.
• Contribute hands-on when needed, from debugging complex backend issues to refining frontend performance or optimizing queries.
• Champion automation and developer productivity, building internal tools and scripts that streamline workflows and reduce operational friction.

What We’re Looking For

• Extensive experience in full-stack development, including frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, or similar) and backend services (Python, Go, or similar).
• Strong architectural mindset, with a deep understanding of system design, data modeling, and distributed systems.
• Proven leadership in managing and growing engineering teams, conducting performance reviews, and mentoring engineers at varying levels.
• Solid database knowledge (Postgres, MySQL, or NoSQL) and comfort with designing efficient data flows and storage strategies.
• Proficiency with RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs and integration patterns.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and CI/CD systems.
• Comfortable writing automation scripts (Python, Bash, or similar) and implementing testing frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills; able to align technical execution with product strategy and business outcomes.

Bonus: Experience scaling teams and systems during periods of rapid product growth.

 

What You Might Work On in the First 3–6 Months

• Lead the design and delivery of a major new product feature overseeing architecture, implementation, and rollout.
• Establish engineering best practices around code quality, testing, and deployment automation.
• Develop internal tooling and automation to streamline developer onboarding and reduce repetitive manual processes.
• Partner with leadership to define engineering priorities, hiring plans, and process improvements.

Minimum Qualifications

• 6–10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 2–4 years in a technical leadership or management role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field (Master’s preferred).
• Experience leading cross-functional development efforts, from concept to production.
• Certifications in cloud or DevOps technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure) are a plus.

This is a high-impact leadership role where you’ll balance hands-on engineering with strategic technical direction. If you’re passionate about building products, empowering teams, and creating scalable systems that move the business forward — we’d love to talk.

 

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Granite delivers advanced communications and technology solutions to businesses and government agencies throughout the United States and Canada. We provide exceptional customized service with an emphasis on reliability and outstanding customer support and our customers include over 85 of the Fortune 100. Granite has over $1.85 Billion in revenue with more than 2,100 employees and is headquartered in Quincy, MA. Our mission is to be the leading telecommunications company wherever we offer services as well as provide an environment where the value of each individual is recognized and where each person has the opportunity to further their growth and achieve success.

Granite has been recognized by the Boston Business Journal as one of the "Healthiest Companies" in Massachusetts for the past 15 consecutive years.

Our offices have onsite fully equipped state of the art gyms for employees at zero cost.

Granite's philanthropy is unparalleled with over $300 million in donations to organizations such as Dana Farber Cancer Institute, The A