Lead Backend Engineer

About the role

Lead backend work on scalable, secure systems and APIs that serve millions of users in real time. Combine hands on coding with architecture direction, mentoring and cross team alignment.

What you will do

• Design, build and maintain secure, scalable systems and APIs for high traffic real time use
• Own the full lifecycle, from architecture for new features to splitting work and guiding delivery
• Write well tested, high performance code and set standards for quality and design
• Triage and fix complex production issues and push for operational excellence
• Work with product, design and engineering peers to tie technical work to business goals
• Mentor engineers and help shape the team roadmap and technical direction

What they look for

• A bachelor's degree in computer science or an equivalent mix of education, experience and training
• At least five years of object oriented backend work in C or Java, with strong design pattern and architecture skills
• Proven record of architecting and scaling distributed systems on AWS or Google Cloud
• Deep experience with automated test suites covering unit, integration and performance testing
• A history of mentoring engineers, leading reviews and driving technical decisions across teams