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• Overview

  SmartSolutions is hiring a Lead Software Engineer in Thornton, CO.

• Role description

  Code that ships to millions starts as a pull request on someone's screen, and at SmartSolutions we want that someone to be our next Lead Software Engineer. Trade 8 years of gRPC for $152,000 - $210,000 and you also get technology ownership and a SmartSolutions crew that wants you to win.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively
  • Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
  • Drive the GraphQL incident postmortem that stops the Thornton outage from recurring
  • Trim SmartSolutions's cloud bill by right-sizing the Problem Solving infrastructure in Thornton, CO
  • Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Angular
  • Turn SmartSolutions's gRPC on-call noise into alerts that actually mean something

  What You'll Bring

  • 9 or more years steering technology projects end to end
  • Proven leadership experience guiding lead-level initiatives
  • Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a lead capacity
  • A growth mindset that treats feedback as fuel, not threat
  • A collaborative mindset and genuine enthusiasm for teamwork
  • Real proficiency with Problem Solving, plus willingness to learn Angular fast
  • 8 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it

  Built in Thornton and run on caffeine and conviction, SmartSolutions turns messy technology problems into clean, repeatable wins. You set the boundaries of your remote schedule and we respect them without the side-eye.

  The offer includes $152,000 - $210,000, remote flexibility, retirement matching, and coaching tailored to your lead goals.

  As of right now, SmartSolutions is still reading every resume that lands here.

  If you've read this far, you're probably the fiercely-supportive kind of candidate we want, so apply.

• Required skills

  • Angular
  • gRPC
  • Python
  • GraphQL
  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem Solving

• Benefits & perks

  • Company retreats
  • Sick Days
  • Free financial planning services
  • Paid volunteer days
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • Referral Bonuses

• Apply before 2026-09-09

  Submit your application for this Remote technology position.