Lead Software Engineer

SteelSeries•Chicago, IL

13d

About The Position

SteelSeries is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their GG cloud team. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a new team and significantly impact product development. The role involves working closely with hardware and software product teams to ensure a best-in-class web experience for gamers. The ideal candidate is a data-minded, full-stack cloud engineer with experience in scalable cloud architectures, high-traffic websites, and open APIs. A passion for technology and a desire to mentor other engineers are essential.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in full-stack software engineering
Experience building scalable cloud solutions including container orchestration, database design, and network infrastructure, and distributed systems design
Experience designing and building web back ends and web user interfaces
Demonstrated ability to build and operate reliable, high-availability cloud platforms with hands-on experience in observability (logging, tracing, monitoring) and resilience engineering
Proven experience leading a platform engineering team to deliver well documented and well tested cloud solutions.
Proficiency leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT) to accelerate delivery, improve code quality, and drive engineering efficiency
A desire to mentor and elevate fellow engineers
Eagerness to continuously learn and excel in the craft of software engineering
Experience leading a team of software engineers to produce tested and well-documented software

Nice To Haves

Collective code ownership
Prioritize writing tests for every story
Open to mentoring and being mentored

Responsibilities

Work closely with hardware and software product teams to ensure products deliver a best-in-class web experience.
Develop scalable cloud architectures.
Develop high-traffic websites and open APIs.
Mentor and elevate fellow engineers.
Ship new features in the cloud platform.
Evaluate the architecture of the cloud platform, suggest refactoring, and plan changes.
Assist product management in defining the quarterly roadmap for the cloud platform team.
Innovate and add features to web-based experiences for gamers.
Play with and give feedback on unannounced hardware products.
Align with hardware and software product teams on the vision for upcoming products.
Define hardware and web APIs for seamless interaction between hardware, apps, and cloud services.
Proactively refactor code for a clean design with adequate test coverage.
Evaluate new programming languages, frameworks, and tools and propose their integration or migration.
Educate other software teams on best practices for code, test, and documentation quality.