Lead Software Engineer – Content Systems

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and sustain high-performance, scalable APIs that drive content management, metadata services, and user interaction experiences.

• Spearhead the advancement of Content Systems APIs, encompassing content ingestion, metadata management, search functionalities, and editorial workflows.

• Establish and implement API standards and best practices, focusing on versioning, contract design, and backward compatibility.

• Enhance existing content metadata models and services to facilitate personalization, discoverability, and real-time engagement scenarios.

• Integrate Content Systems with personalization engines, allowing real-time decision-making based on content metadata and user behavior.

• Collaborate with content, editorial, and product teams to ensure APIs effectively support content lifecycle workflows (ingestion, curation, publishing, and updates).

• Design APIs for event-driven content pipelines, integrating with platforms such as Kafka, Pub/Sub, or other messaging systems.

• Enable smooth data flow between content systems, personalization services, advertising systems, and client applications.

• Optimize APIs for performance, scalability, and reliability in high-traffic and global usage scenarios.

• Utilize AI-assisted development tools to expedite API and service development, testing, and debugging.

• Engage in architecture discussions, RFCs, and cross-team technical initiatives.

• Mentor engineers and advocate for best practices in API design, content systems architecture, and distributed system development.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Over 8 years of professional software engineering experience, including more than 2 years in a technical lead or senior engineering position.

• A proven history of guiding complex technical projects to successful completion.

• Experience with or substantial knowledge of AI-powered development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, code generation, and debugging assistants) aimed at enhancing engineering productivity.

• Strong expertise in Java (17+) and Spring Boot — developing RESTful APIs, data access layers, and microservices.

• Practical experience with React and Next.js (or similar modern frontend frameworks) utilizing TypeScript.

• Familiarity with Python for services, scripting, or data pipelines.

• Comprehensive understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) — including schema design, query optimization, and migration tools (e.g., Liquibase, Flyway).

• Experience with message brokers and event-driven architectures — Apache Kafka, GCP Pub/Sub, or comparable technologies.

• Knowledgeable in search infrastructure — Apache Solr, Elasticsearch, or equivalent systems.

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP or AWS) and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Strong experience in CI/CD — creating and maintaining automated build, test, and deployment pipelines.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical complexities to a variety of audiences.

• Proven ability to balance technical excellence with realistic delivery timelines.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical

• Dental

• Vision

• 401(k) plan

• Life insurance coverage

• Disability benefits

• Tuition assistance program

• Paid time off

• Bonus eligible