Lead Software Engineer

Copado • New Orleans, LA, USA • $70.13k / year • 14h ago

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Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

Indefinite
Full time
70130, New Orleans , LA, United States

About Copado

Copado is a leading provider of DevOps and release management solutions, committed to helping organizations accelerate their digital transformations. Our mission is to empower businesses to deliver high-quality applications at speed and scale. With a strong focus on automation, CI/CD, and cloud technologies, we provide comprehensive solutions that streamline development, testing, and deployment processes.

At Copado, we are dedicated to innovation, excellence, and customer success. Our team is composed of skilled professionals specializing in Angular, modern frontend technologies, and cloud-native development. We work collaboratively to build intuitive, high-performance user interfaces that enhance the user experience and deliver measurable value.

Whether you’re creating new features or refining existing ones, Copado is here to support you every step of the way.

What you’ll do:

Architectural Transformation: Lead the technical "forking" and integration of the Essentials CI/CD tool into the CRT stack to enable our AgentOps vision.
Backend & API Development: Design and implement robust REST and GraphQL API layers using Java (Spring Boot) and Python to expose core functionality to the broader Agentia™ platform.
UI Modernization: Drive the transition of legacy components to a modern Angular 19+ modular architecture, ensuring consistency with the unified Copado Design System.
AI Innovation: Integrate Copado’s AI platform and agents into core workflows to create autonomous "agentic" user journeys and measurable productivity gains.
Cloud Orchestration: Develop and optimize scalable backend workflows using AWS Step Functions and manage containerized microservices with Kubernetes.
Performance Optimization: Enhance system scalability by adopting lazy loading, caching, and efficient data binding to reduce page load times and API latency.
Observability: Implement robust logging, error tracking, and performance metrics to ensure platform resilience and faster resolution of incidents.

What you’ll bring:

Full-Stack Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in Java (Spring Boot), Python, Angular (v19+), and TypeScript.
Cloud Expertise: Hands-on experience with AWS services, general cloud management, and container orchestration.
API Design: A deep understanding of secure data rendering, authentication, and RESTful/GraphQL API patterns.
Modern DevOps: Advanced knowledge of Git, CI/CD pipelines, and modern build tools like Webpack, Vite, or Nx.
Database Management: Proficiency in PostgreSQL (SQL/NoSQL) and optimizing data throughput.
AI-Driven Mindset: A proactive approach to using AI tools (like Cursor, Claude, or Copilot) to enhance code quality and speed.
Ownership: A strong bias for action and the ability to drive complex architectural solutions with urgency.