Lead Software Engineer (Conference Navigator)

We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to serve as the technical leader for the US-based Support & Operations team within Conference Technology. This role is critical to ensuring the stability, reliability, and continuous improvement of the platform that supports Gartner's global conferences.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will act as the technical authority for operations and support in the region, setting engineering standards, owning architectural decisions, and leading complex problem-solving efforts. You will partner closely with your manager, product leaders, QA, analytics, and global engineering teams to proactively reduce incidents, improve system resilience, and ensure conference readiness.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role-not a peoplemanagement position-focused on software development, technical execution, architecture, technical decisionmaking, mentorship, and operational excellence.

What You Will Do:

Technical Leadership

• Serve as the technical lead for Support & Operations, owning technical design decisions to ensure reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Define and enforce technical standards, best practices, and coding guidelines across supported applications.
• Lead technical design discussions for operational improvements, complex defect resolution, and risk mitigation initiatives.
• Evaluate system tradeoffs and assist on architecture decisions with a strong understanding of business impact and conference readiness.
• Review technical approaches and solutions before implementation.

Operational Excellence & Incident Reduction

• Lead analysis of production incidents, identify systemic causes, and drive permanent, scalable solutions.
• Own recurring incident themes and ensure they are prioritized, tracked, and resolved through architectural or process improvements.
• Ensure operational readiness for live conferences by validating system health, deployment quality, and support playbooks.
• Act as a technical escalation point during highseverity incidents, providing calm, structured problem solving and clear communication.

Delivery, Execution & Collaboration

• Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Engineering Managers to translate operational needs into actionable technical work.
• Collaborate with global engineering teams (US, Spain, India, and others) to ensure consistent quality, smooth handoffs, and shared understanding of system behavior.
• Lead technical planning and estimation for operational enhancements, refactors, and other enabling initiatives.
• Ensure solutions are delivered with a strong focus on quality, security, observability, and longterm sustainability.
• Opportunity for domestic and international travel to attend at key conference events.

Coaching, Mentorship & Influence

• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to junior and midlevel engineers within the support organization.
• Review designs and code, offering clear, actionable feedback to raise the overall engineering bar.
• Promote strong engineering habits, including system documentation, runbooks, and knowledge sharing.
• Influence technical direction across teams by building trust, presenting wellreasoned proposals, and setting an example of engineering excellence.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 7-10+ years of professional software development experience, with significant experience in supporting and operating production systems.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a technical lead or complex systems.
• Strong expertise in:

• Backend development using C#, .NET Core, or similar technologies
• Modern web technologies (Angular, React, TypeScript)
• SQL and data modeling for production systems

• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS or Azure), including services used for reliability, monitoring, and scalability.

• Experience with asynchronous processing, eventdriven systems, and microservices architectures.

• Knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment practices.

• Proven ability to analyze and permanently resolve production issues in highavailability systems.

• Strong knowledge of incident management, root cause analysis, and operational best practices.

• Experience improving observability, logging, alerting, and system diagnostics.

• Ability to balance shortterm operational needs with longterm architectural improvements.

• Exceptional problemsolving skills, with a creative and analytical approach to complex technical challenges.

• Strong communication skills, capable of conveying technical concepts clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

• Confidence to set direction, make decisions, and influence without direct authority.

• Comfortable working in a global, distributed team environment.

Who You Are

• A deeply technical engineer who enjoys owning systems end-to-end.
• Passionate about software architecture, maintainability, and operational excellence.
• Calm under pressure, especially during live incidents or critical events.
• Proactive in identifying risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Motivated by setting high standards and helping other engineers succeed.

116,000 USD - 170,000 USD dental insurance, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, 401(k) United States, Texas, Irving 6011 Connection Drive (Show on map) May 07, 2026

Hiring near our Irving, TX Center of Excellence with a flexible environment.

About Gartner IT:

Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner. Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.

About Gartner Conference Technology:

Join a world-class team of engineers building creative, reliable, and scalable digital solutions that power Gartner Conferences. Gartner Conference Technology values a culture of nonstop innovation, operational excellence, and outcome-driven delivery. Our teams support missioncritical platforms that enable worldclass experiences for colleagues and clients globally., * Competitive compensation.

• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
• Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
• A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
• A chance to make an impact - your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
• 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
• Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
• 401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
• Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
• Parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Gartner Gives Charity Match. And much more!, Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive - working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us. Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 116,000 USD - 170,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world. Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities. Since our founding in 1979, we've grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That's why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here. What makes Gartner a great place to work? Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities - opportunities that may not even exist right now - for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance. We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients. Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations. We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work. Gartner is the world authority on AI At Gartner, you'll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients' AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You'll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes. It's an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that's reshaping the way we operate. If you're passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that's guiding the leaders who shape the world, Gartner is the place for you.