Lead Code Whisperer (Full Stack Senior Developer)

Do you enjoy modernizing and maintaining existing software? Do you love the challenge of upgrading a big and critical system? Does refactoring, building tests first, and creating easy-to-read, intention-revealing code bring you an immense feeling of satisfaction?

If so, you have the attitude we’re looking for! Lead developers at Corgibytes, or Lead Code Whisperers as we call them, work directly with clients to help them migrate platforms, address security vulnerabilities, upgrade databases and infrastructure, integrate existing applications with obscure systems, and more. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply, even if you think you don’t meet all the criteria we’ve outlined in this job description.

Since our sales cycle ebbs and flows, and we work very hard at ensuring the right fit between our developers and the projects, we have decided to create hiring pools. This enables us to give the recruiting process the attention it both requires and deserves while meeting the, at times, sudden client demand. What this means is that we will be interviewing candidates that we believe will be the best fit for upcoming clients that have not signed on yet. For complete transparency, time in the pool could be weeks to months. When a new client signs on, we will extend offers to those in the pool first (assuming the right tech fit).

Still interested? Awesome! We were hoping you would be! Our ideal candidate is comfortable with a broad range of tech stacks (and is excited to learn new ones), stays up-to-date with industry best practices, uses Test-Driven Development as a daily practice, is interested in potentially contributing blog posts or presentations, loves to mentor other developers to help them grow in their careers, enjoys pair/mob programming, gives detailed feedback through pull requests and code reviews, finds beauty in a well-written commit message, has successfully led software projects, and is a maintainer at heart.

These fully remote positions are typically full-time (30-40 hrs per week) with lots of flexibility over where and when you work and require little to no travel. The team usually operates in the Eastern Time Zone.

We pay our staff hourly to provide the most scheduling flexibility and pay the same rate for each role to ensure equal pay for equal work. The rate for this position is about $126,500 per year (paid hourly at USD$64.91) for W2 employees.

Benefits include:

WHAT CORGIBYTES DOES

Corgibytes is a boutique consultancy that specializes in modernizing software. Think of your favorite HGTV remodeling show, but with code. Our mission is to joyfully remodel software applications to be more stable, scaleable, and secure. We are actively working to create a world where software maintenance is celebrated, codebases are nurtured to provide lasting value, and our clients generate revenue, lower costs, and reduce risk as a result of our work.

Our founders are recognized thought-leaders in the world of software modernization, keynoting frequently at software conferences around the world, writing articles in respected periodicals, blogging about their ideas, and interviewing software leaders on their podcast. We encourage you to check out the community we founded over at Legacy Code Rocks! to connect with other folks who love software maintenance.

CULTURE AT CORGIBYTES

At Corgibytes, we approach our work through the lens of these core values:

We have a commitment outside of codebases as well. At Corgibytes, we’re really good at transforming broken systems. We modernize code through continuous improvement and marginal gains, and we apply these same practices to systems of social oppression. Similar to how technical debt makes a codebase difficult to work with, there are institutional barriers for some individuals that have accumulated over time. Blindly operating within these structures hurts people and prevents organizations from benefiting from the wide range of perspectives needed to thrive. There’s a lot of opportunity for improvement and we use our core values and our talents as menders to have a positive impact on our society.

Does this sound like you? Awesome! We live these values every day, and they’re a guide in making decisions, no matter how small. They’ve helped us develop a culture where folks are autonomous, responsible, and work hard without feeling burned out or like they have to choose between family and work. We’re the type of company where it’s common to see a toddler bouncing on a knee during a meeting. As an intentionally distributed team, we focus more on results than micromanagement. Our core values are key to our culture, as are our pillars of autonomy, balance, inclusion, and trust.

WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING:

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

WHAT WE CONSIDER AN ASSET:

READY TO APPLY TO THIS POOL?

Start by completing our Code Whisperer Application. You can learn more about our hiring process on our website.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (visible or invisible), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. We believe in creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture where people can show up as their authentic selves. One of our founders was featured in the book Erasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion by Dr. Tiffany Jana for some of the ideas she has implemented.