Lead Software Engineer
Emergent Software · Minneapolis, MN
$140,000–$160,000
Jun 29, 2026
Minneapolis, MN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on lead engineering role centered on building and scaling a new partner-facing API platform from the ground up. Day-to-day work spans API architecture, TypeScript development, AWS infrastructure, production system ownership, and coordinating distributed engineering teams. Suited to someone with deep REST API design experience who can move fluidly between technical leadership and direct code contribution.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 59,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 35,500–88,500
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
What the occupation pays Median $135,980 (middle half $105,210–$171,980).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The title is 'Lead Software Engineer' but carries no explicit seniority level word (Junior/Mid/Senior/Staff/Principal), so the title states no level. The actual requirements — 5+ years, end-to-end platform ownership, technical leadership, and roadmap responsibility — support a Senior classification.
AWS is required broadly; API Gateway and ECS are called out explicitly in the qualifications as specific required services and are listed separately.
Multiple backend languages (C#, Java, Go, Python, Ruby, Node.js, TypeScript) appear under 'Nice to Have' as a group of interchangeable options; C# is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK) are listed under 'Nice to Have' as interchangeable options.
SaaS platform experience and API security familiarity also appear under 'Nice to Have' but name no specific tool or technology, so they are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
This is a staffing-firm posting (Emergent Staffing) placing a candidate with an unnamed end client; the direct-hire nature is noted but does not change the employment type classification.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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