The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  CareFirst Medical is hiring a Lead Software Engineer in Springdale, AR.

• Role description

  CareFirst Medical needs a Lead Software Engineer in AR who can argue passionately about Rust, then commit to whatever the team decides. Consider the trade: your 7 years of Rust for $113,000 - $159,000, a temporary schedule, and ownership most shops never offer.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Own the Relationship Building release that Springdale leadership has circled on the calendar
  • Catch the CI/CD race conditions that only surface under Springdale peak traffic
  • Build responsive, accessible front-end interfaces with Facilitation
  • Stand up observability so CareFirst Medical sees failures before customers in AR do
  • Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across AR engineering teams
  • Wrangle React config across environments so Springdale staging mirrors production

  What You'll Bring

  • The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard
  • Hands-on experience with modern Cypress workflows and tooling
  • Proven leadership experience guiding lead-level initiatives
  • 8+ years putting Node.js to work in a technology setting
  • A collaborator who makes the lead review feel less like an exam
  • Resilience measured across 8 years of technology cycles

  We started CareFirst Medical in a Springdale garage because the technology status quo deserved a customer-centric reckoning. We keep the temporary workload sustainable so your best CI/CD work isn't your last gasp.

  The salary is $113,000 - $159,000, the mentorship is hands-on, the benefits are real, and the flexibility is the part you will brag about.

  We bumped this posting hours ago because the role is still very much open.

  Bring your Relationship Building, your questions, and your ambition; we'll bring the rest at CareFirst Medical.

• Required skills

  • C#
  • MongoDB
  • Node.js
  • Go
  • CI/CD
  • Cypress
  • Vue.js
  • React
  • Rust
  • Prioritization
  • Relationship Building
  • Facilitation

• Benefits & perks

  • Annual company offsite
  • Phantom stock plan
  • Global mobility program
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Ping Pong
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Roth 401(k) option
  • Backup childcare assistance
  • Green card sponsorship

• Apply before 2026-08-13

  Submit your application for this Temporary technology position.