Lead Software Engineer (IoT Orchestration Platform)

Muxon is recruiting on behalf of a US fast-growing IoT orchestration platform company that empowers businesses to manage connected devices and automate workflows at scale. The company has been active for over 10 years, is venture-backed, and is establishing a product development center of excellence in Buenos Aires to support its globally distributed team. We’re looking for an experienced Lead to guide their core development team.

Requirements:

• Experience leading software engineering teams.
• Some previous experience working on an IoT-related project, or experience with MQTT or other similar protocols.
• Advanced-level Golang proficiency; experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kafka.
• Hands-on experience with at least one public cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Proficient with Datadog.
• Basic working knowledge of React.js and TypeScript for occasional small frontend tasks.
• Professional Fluent English.

Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership & Mentoring: Lead and grow a small high-performing engineering team, manage daily operations, and drive technical excellence.
• Architecture & Development: Own and evolve the backend architecture using Golang, ensuring code quality, scalability, and reliability
• Infrastructure Management: Manage key aspects of cloud infrastructure.
• Planning & Execution: Drive sprint planning, backlog management, and feature decomposition.
• System Reliability: Champion best practices in monitoring, incident response, and performance tuning with SRE principles.
• Production Support: Lead investigations into critical issues, working closely with support and QA teams to ensure fast resolution.
• Full-Stack Oversight: Contribute occasionally to frontend and on-device clients through code reviews and bug fixes when needed.

Benefits:

• Mostly remote, with the possibility of occasional meetings or gatherings in Buenos Aires (approximately once every two weeks, depending on the team's availability).
• Competitive salary based on experience.
• The contract can be structured as either a contractor (in USD) or full-time employee role, depending on the candidate’s preference.
• Flat-structured company with a high level of autonomy and flexibility.
• Opportunity to take ownership of an interesting product with high technical complexity.
• Cash bonuses based on company performance.
• Stock options.

Apply now if you're ready to lead a passionate team and shape the future of connected systems.