Lead Software Engineer

Acquisition.com is on a mission to make real world business education available to everyone.

At Acquisition.com, we don’t just hire for open roles—we hire for impact. If you’re exceptional at what you do and align with our core values: competitive greatness, sincere candor, and unimpeachable character, we want to know you.

Role:

As Lead Software Engineer - Apps, you’ll shape the architecture, technology, and practices behind the next generation of applications at Acquisition.com. You’ll own critical parts of the stack and work closely with business leaders to deliver systems that fuel our growth.

In our lean, high-performing team, your work will have a company-wide impact. You’ll turn complexity into clarity, set standards others follow, and design systems built to scale.

We’re looking for someone eager to push boundaries - automating inefficiencies, leveraging modern frameworks, cloud-native architectures, and AI. You’ll mentor engineers, raise code quality, and help build a culture of innovation and technical excellence.

Must live in one of the states we’re registered to operate in: CA, FL, GA, IN, MI, MN, NV, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, WI.

Responsibilities:

• Build core features hands-on with React/Next.js, TypeScript, and Node.js.

• Hands-on design and development of scalable, secure, high-performance systems.

• Bridge business and engineering, turning requirements into impactful, scalable solutions.

• Ship clean, well-tested code while driving reviews, documentation, and best practices.

• Automate workflows and eliminate technical debt to boost developer velocity.

• Mentor engineers and set the technical bar for the team.

• Leverage emerging tools, including AI/ML, to deliver real product impact.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ in senior or lead roles.

• Expert in backend microservices and system architecture, with strong skills in APIs, databases, and Next.js.

• Proven track record building secure, scalable, and reliable full-stack systems.

• Skilled in agent-driven development with tools such as Cursor and Claude Code.

• Familiar with AI/ML concepts and able to apply them to real product impact.

• Hands-on with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tooling.

• Consistently ship reliable code, set engineering standards, and grow the team’s technical capabilities.

Results:

• Deliver production-ready applications that power Acquisition.com’s growth.

• Build scalable systems and APIs without sacrificing reliability or performance.

• Create responsive, accessible React/Next.js interfaces with great usability.

• Uphold engineering excellence through clean code, testing, and CI/CD.

• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of growth and technical excellence.

• Automate inefficiencies to cut debt and speed feature delivery.

• Integrate AI models that enhance product capabilities and decision-making.

Schedule:

• Work hours aligned with local timezone or Pacific timezone 8a-5p M-F

• Flexible to travel to Vegas on demand (~1-4 times a year)

• Must be flexible and able to work additional hours/weekends before workshop events/holidays if the situation warrants it

Location:

• Remote, USA

• Must live in one of the states we’re registered to operate in: CA, FL, GA, IN, MI, MN, NV, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, WI.

Compensation:

• $185,250 - $209,000 base salary

• The salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills, and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits (more details below).

Benefits:

• Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays

• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision

• 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts with an employer match

• Monthly wellness allowance

• State of the art gym for employee use at HQ

Acquisition.com Core Values

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

Competitive Greatness

Be at your best when your best is needed. Enjoyment of a hard challenge. Those who have the drive to constantly improve, the superior intellect and long term commitment to see incremental improvements become compounding returns.

Sincere Candor

Have the self awareness to accurately perceive and communicate hard truths that improve others and self, the courage to do so, and the humility to accept them, even when it hurts. Nothing great can be built without feedback: internally or externally.

Unimpeachable Character

Be the type of person with whom people are always proud to associate, personally and professionally. We look for true alignment of thoughts, words, and actions towards a goal worth pursuing.