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# Lead Software Engineer

- **Company:** Energy Solutions
- **Location:** Orange, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Microsoft Azure, .NET Core, Express.js, Technical Debt, Gitlab-ci
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_db5ea7908d97ad1f922ff3696e12b835

## About the Role

* Practical command of GitLab CI, with bonus points for Jest
 * Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
 * Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery
 * Hands-on command of Microsoft Azure, with Negotiation as a close second
 * A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate your technology expertise
 * 9+ years navigating the politics that technology work attracts

## Description

* Catch the endlessly-iterating Express.js regression in staging before it ever reaches Orange customers
 * Hand off .NET Core runbooks so the next on-call at Energy Solutions Corp sleeps better
 * Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
 * Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
 * Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Orange, CA production without dropping the baton
 * Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems
 * Translate boldly-pragmatic business requirements into technical specifications and tasks