The Role
Serverfarm is a leading developer and operator of data centers with over 750+ locations and key customer relationships in 45 countries. We're revolutionizing how data centers operate across North America, Western Europe, and Israel, serving the world's leading technology and hyperscale companies. With Manulife Investment Management's acquisition in 2023 and our award-winning InCommand platform we're positioned for explosive growth as AI adoption and cloud migration drive unprecedented demand for data center capacity.
A career at Serverfarm means being at the forefront of digital infrastructure innovation, where your work directly impacts how the world's data is managed and secured. As we target 4x growth over the next four years, you'll have unprecedented opportunities to take on new challenges, develop cutting-edge skills, and grow your career across our expanding global operations.
Join our team of innovators and help shape the future of sustainable data centers while building a career without boundaries.
We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead) to be the primary technical lead between the Product Owner and a team of software engineers developing our mission-critical infrastructure operations platform. You will translate operational goals into technical plans, set engineering standards, provide hands-on leadership, mentor engineers, and orchestrate delivery across services and platforms. You lead through influence, owning architecture and execution quality, while partnering with the Product Owner on roadmap priorities and capacity planning. Together, you will scale our platform while improving reliability and security. This role blends architecture, delivery leadership, and mentorship, with a growth path toward senior leadership.
Key Accountabilities
- Own end-to-end technical execution for product features and platforms (cloud and on-prem).
- Author architecture docs; design APIs, data models, and service boundaries.
- Establish and uphold coding standards, patterns, and guardrails across the codebase.
- Plan and drive multi-sprint initiatives; manage scope, trade-offs, risks, and timelines.
- Partner with the product owner to refine requirements and prioritize the backlog.
- Refine software development lifecycle practices (definition of ready/done, code review, branching, releases).
- Implement robust testing strategies (unit, integration, end-to-end) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Define Service Level Indicators & Service Level Objectives to improve performance, resilience, and cost efficiency.
- Champion secure design, secrets management, and compliance-minded development.
- Mentor and grow junior/mid engineers through code reviews, pairing, and ongoing feedback.
- Model a culture of ownership, continual learning, and high standards.
- Support hiring and onboarding of new team members.
- Translate operational needs into technical plans and clear trade-off decisions.
- Provide regular status, risks, and outcomes to non-technical stakeholders.
- Coordinate cross-functional work with IT, operations, and compliance.
Required Skills
- 7+ years of professional software development experience, including 2+ years in a lead/tech-lead capacity guiding teams and projects.
- Excellent written and verbal communication; able to explain complex technical topics to non-developers and drive alignment.
- Proven experience architecting and delivering production systems at scale (on-prem and cloud).
- Working knowledge of application security best practices, secrets management, and least-access principles.
- Proven experience using LLM coding tools to improve code efficiency and reliability.
- Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js), Python, and other common programming languages.
- Strong API design experience using REST/OpenAPI.
- Experienced with PostgreSQL/MySQL; working knowledge of schema design, indexing, and query optimization with experience in Time-series databases (e.g. TimescaleDB) and telemetry pipelines.
- Experienced with containers and orchestration using Docker (or Kubernetes)
- Experienced with logging, metrics, and tracing using observability and quality tools like Datadog
- Familiarity with automated testing tools like Cypress or Artillery
- Strong UI/UX sensibilities
Desired Skills
- Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, plus on-prem/hybrid deployment experience
- Event streaming and messaging: Kafka
- Reverse proxying and edge: Nginx
- Infrastructure as Code / config management: Terraform, Ansible
- Data center/OT protocols and integrations: MQTT, SNMP, Modbus, and BACnet
- Front-end experience with ReactJS (AngularJS is a plus)
Serverfarm is committed to providing an equal opportunity workplace and offers paid time off, paid holidays, 401k and FULL coverage medical, dental and vision. Our compensation philosophy rewards employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned with the company’s goals and strategic initiatives.
The listed salary range for this position is an estimate based on the competitive job market. Final compensation will be based on your own individual skills, experience, and location.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this role. They are not intended to serve as an exhaustive list of all possible responsibilities and duties. We encourage you to apply even if your experience isn't an exact match to the job description.
The listed salary range for this position is an estimate based on the competitive job market. Final compensation will be based on your own individual skills, experience, and location.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this role. They are not intended to serve as an exhaustive list of all possible responsibilities and duties. We encourage you to apply even if your experience isn't an exact match to the job description.
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The Company
What We Do
Serverfarm is a unique data center developer and operator – and the global leader in Data Center Management as a Service (DMaaS). For over 24 years, we’ve maximized operational efficiencies and managed critical IT infrastructure and environments for the world’s top enterprises.
Our vision? To drive a new era of sustainable data center management and modernization forward so that enterprises can focus on innovation.
