Jahnel Group’s mission is to provide the absolute best environment for software creators to pursue their passion by connecting them with great clients doing meaningful work. We get to build some of the most complex and compelling applications for our clients located across the country.
We’re a fast-growing INC 5000 recognized company, yet we still work as a very close-knit team (100+ employees). We’re growing like crazy, and if you’re looking for the next place to call home, hit us up for a beer or coffee.
We’re seeking a Lead Engineer / Architect to support a major migration effort. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone with deep expertise in Kubernetes and Azure. You will guide the migration of complex systems to cloud-native environments, set architectural standards, and help the engineering teams deliver scalable and reliable solutions.
This is not a DevOps-only role. We need a technically strong engineer who can lead architecture decisions, contribute to coding when necessary, and collaborate across backend, frontend, and cloud infrastructure teams.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in high-ownership environments, enjoys solving migration challenges, and can balance hands-on work with strategic architectural guidance.
- Define and drive the overall system architecture and technical roadmap
- Design scalable, secure, and highly available cloud-native solutions in Azure
- Architect and develop backend services using Go
- Lead technical discussions and provide guidance on system design and engineering best practices
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to align technical solutions with business objectives
- Review architecture, code, and infrastructure decisions to ensure long-term maintainability
- Mentor engineers and help elevate technical capabilities across teams
- Identify opportunities to improve performance, reliability, scalability, and security
- Support delivery teams in troubleshooting and resolving complex technical challenges
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Proven experience as a Software Architect, Lead Engineer, or Principal Engineer
- Strong expertise with Go (Golang) development
- Deep experience designing and operating systems in Microsoft Azure
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-native architectures
- Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams or projects
- Strong system design, architecture, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work directly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerized environments
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
- Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems
- Background in high-scale or mission-critical systems
- Experience mentoring engineers and driving engineering standards across organizations
The work hours will be approximately 9:00 am to 5:00 pm EST, depending on workload, with the occasional late night when a tight deadline calls for it. We work for security-conscious clients, thus background checks will be required.
Position available immediately.Skills Required
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Proven experience as a Software Architect, Lead Engineer, or Principal Engineer
- Strong expertise with Go (Golang) development
- Deep experience designing and operating systems in Microsoft Azure
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes and containerized environments
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-native architectures
- Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams or projects
- Strong system design, architecture, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills; ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
- Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems
- Background in high-scale or mission-critical systems
- Experience mentoring engineers and driving engineering standards
What We Do
No matter the complexity of the application, we have the skills and the tools to build it. Jahnel Group brings well over a decade of web development experience with a great eye for design and an impressive set of technical skills. We work hard to stay on the cutting edge of our industry and are absolutely obsessed with making our customers happy. We've seen exponential growth in the past few years. So much so that we have appeared on the Inc. 5000 list for three consecutive years! We specialize in the design and development of web-based applications, websites, mobile applications and anything digital with extensive experience in the full software development life-cycle. This includes gathering requirements, project management, wire framing, prototyping, development, and quality assurance. We're proud to be a culture-first company. Our dedication to our employees is why we've appeared on the Times Union Top Workplaces and Albany Business Review Best Places to Work for three consecutive years. If you have a complex project you'd like to discuss, please call us at 518-356-0039 or email [email protected], we'd love to hear from you!
