Kaseya® is the leading provider of complete IT infrastructure and security management solutions for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and internal IT organizations worldwide powered by AI. Kaseya’s best-in-breed technologies allow organizations to efficiently manage and secure IT to drive sustained business success. Kaseya has achieved sustained, strong double-digit growth over the past several years and is backed by Insight Venture Partners www.insightpartners.com), a leading global private equity firm investing in high-growth technology and software companies that drive transformative change in the industries they serve.
Founded in 2000, Kaseya currently serves customers in over 20 countries across a wide variety of industries and manages over 15 million endpoints worldwide. To learn more about our company and our award-winning solutions, go to www.Kaseya.com and for more information on Kaseya’s culture.
Kaseya is not your typical company. We are not afraid to tell you exactly who we are and our expectations. The thousands of people that succeed at Kaseya are prepared to go above and beyond for the betterment of our customers.
We are looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to drive technical excellence across architecture, development, and team leadership. This role combines strategic architectural ownership, hands-on software development, and technical team leadership.
As a Lead Engineer, you will define and evolve system architecture, ensure engineering best practices, and remain deeply involved in designing and building scalable, high-performance systems. You will play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of the platform while mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of ownership and quality.
Working closely with Product, DevOps, and other engineering teams, you will translate business requirements into robust, cloud-native solutions built on Java and AWS. This role requires someone who can think strategically, act decisively, and still enjoy writing high-quality production code.
If you are passionate about architecture, thrive in complex distributed systems, and enjoy leading engineers while staying hands-on, this is the role for you.
Key Responsibilities:
Architecture & Technical Strategy
- Own and lead the design of scalable, resilient, and maintainable system architectures
- Define architectural standards, engineering best practices, and technology direction
- Ensure alignment between system architecture and long-term business objectives
- Drive architectural reviews and make high-impact technical decisions
Hands-On Development
- Actively contribute to the codebase in Java (Spring Boot, microservices)
- Design and implement high-performance, fault-tolerant distributed systems
- Lead by example through clean code, code reviews, and engineering discipline
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production and scalability challenges
Cloud & Platform Engineering
- Architect and build cloud-native solutions on AWS (ECS, EC2, SQS, DynamoDB, RDS)
- Design scalable database solutions (MySQL/PostgreSQL) with a focus on performance and optimization
- Guide containerization and orchestration strategies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Technical & Team Leadership
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across the team
- Support career growth and elevate engineering standards
- Lead technical planning, estimation, and execution
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Partner with Product and stakeholders to shape technical solutions
Operational Excellence
- Ensure reliability, observability, and performance through monitoring and alerting solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch)
- Promote DevOps practices and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
- Drive engineering quality, scalability, and operational readiness
Key Skills and Qualifications
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in Java development (Spring, Hibernate, J2EE)
- Proven experience leading system architecture in distributed/microservices environments
- Strong expertise in AWS-based cloud-native application development
- Deep understanding of relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and system scaling strategies
- Strong experience with microservices architecture, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Demonstrated experience leading engineers or technical initiatives
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to operate at both strategic and implementation levels
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
Nice to Have
- Experience operating large-scale, production-grade distributed systems
- Strong background in observability and performance optimization
- Experience driving architectural transformations or modernization initiatives
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Additional information
Kaseya provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, age, ancestry, gender, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
