Lead Software Engineer-Systems

About Rocketlane

Rocketlane is a fast-growing, innovative SaaS company making waves in customer onboarding and professional services automation.

Our mission? To empower B2B companies with a smooth, consistent, and efficient way to onboard customers and manage client projects—reducing chaos and boosting customer satisfaction across industries.

We’re a close-knit team of over 100 passionate professionals, all focused on building a product that teams love to use. Our journey has been fueled by $45M in funding from top investors, including 8VC, Matrix Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners.

What will you do?

At Rocketlane, we’re all about building a great product and a great place to work. Here’s why you’ll actually look forward to Mondays.

• Drive the design, development, and enhancement of core features and functionalities of our observability platform, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to deliver scalable and reliable solutions
• Act as a subject matter expert, guiding and mentoring a team of talented software engineers to achieve technical excellence and deliver high-quality code
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust, scalable, and efficient systems that meet the demands of our growing customer base
• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, constantly researching and experimenting with innovative solutions to enhance our observability platform
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions, advocating for best practices and promoting a collaborative work environment
• Be proactive in identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks, applying optimizations, and maintaining the stability and availability of our platform
• Encourage a culture of continuous learning, improvement, and innovation within the engineering team, sharing knowledge and promoting professional growth

You should apply if

• 6+ years of experience in backend, DevOps, or platform engineering roles.
• Proficient in one or more of: Go, Python, Java, Rust.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design patterns.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices, messaging queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Deep understanding of Linux internals, networking concepts, and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or ArgoCD.
• Strong grip on monitoring & observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or equivalent.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).
• Proficiency with Git, version control workflows, and collaborative development tools.
• Strong debugging skills and ability to analyze logs, metrics, and traces to identify root causes of issues.
• Good to Have
• Experience with service mesh (e.g., Istio, Linkerd), API gateways, and load balancing strategies.
• Knowledge of SRE principles, incident response, and on-call practices.
• Familiarity with performance profiling tools (pprof, perf, flame graphs, etc.).
• Exposure to secrets management (e.g., Vault, AWS Secrets Manager).

Why join us?

At Rocketlane, we’re all about building a great product and a great place to work. Here’s why you’ll actually look forward to Mondays:

• Impact and ownership: You won’t just be another cog in the machine; here, you’re more like a turbocharged engine part. Bring your ideas, make them happen.
• Work with the best: We’re a team of passionate, quirky, and ridiculously talented people. Come for the work, stay for the memes.
• Celebrate wins: Whether we’re hitting major milestones or celebrating new funding, we like to mix it up. From rap videos to team outings, we believe in celebrating big.
• Learn and grow: We’re all about learning—and we’re not just talking about the latest SaaS trends. You’ll grow your career, pick up new skills, and maybe even learn to love Excel (or at least tolerate it).
• Flexibility and balance: While we love collaborating in the office five days a week, we know everyone has their own rhythm. That’s why we offer flexibility around hours—so you can bring your best energy, whether you’re an early bird or a night owl. Pajamas optional (at least outside the office).