Lead Software Engineer

Nex Tech Systems is wiring up its next product line, and the Lead Software Engineer we hire in Iowa City, IA gets to choose half the tools. Take ownership, lean on your 8 years of Ruby on Rails, and earn $131,000 - $174,000 as part of a team that grows with you.

• Translate fuzzy product wishes from Nex Tech Systems stakeholders into shippable JavaScript services
• Hand off Continuous Learning runbooks so the next on-call at Nex Tech Systems sleeps better
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across IA engineering teams
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Ansible
• Pair-program tricky Collaboration edge cases with engineers across Iowa City, IA

• Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support lead teammates
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence

Nex Tech Systems exists for one stubborn reason: the technology tools everyone settled for were never good enough, so we rebuilt them from Iowa City, IA. Politics die fast at Nex Tech Systems because we put the awkward stuff on the table early.

We hand you $131,000 - $174,000, a growth plan, a mentor, and benefits, then let you flex your week to fit Iowa City the way you like.

Updated today, this Lead Software Engineer req has fresh dates and an open invitation.