Lead Back End Software Engineer

Overview Lead backend software engineering efforts for a dynamic technology-driven organization, focusing on scalable and reliable systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and maintain core backend services and APIs. Contribute to frontend development, ensuring seamless platform integration and internal tooling enhancements. Drive technical architecture discussions and produce defensible design decisions with appropriate trade-off analysis. Mentor and develop engineering team members, fostering growth and ownership within the team. Ensure system uptime, financial accuracy, and developer productivity in a fast-paced environment. Proactively address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and reliability gaps to prevent production incidents. Operate in a remote work environment, providing flexibility and autonomy. Key Responsibilities & Duties Serve as the technical lead across platform and backend engineering, ensuring consistent development standards. Design, build, and maintain core backend services and APIs using Django/Python and Go. Identify and address technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and security risks proactively. Mentor engineers, providing technical guidance and fostering professional growth. Contribute to frontend development in React, focusing on platform integrations and tooling. Ensure reliability and performance of backend systems, maintaining high standards of dependability. Participate in on-call rotations, taking ownership of issues through resolution. Document learnings and processes to enhance team efficiency and knowledge sharing. Job Requirements Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science or a related field. 7+ years of experience in backend software engineering, with 10 years preferred. Proficiency in Python, Go, and the Django ecosystem. Experience with RESTful API design, WebSockets, and asynchronous architectures. Strong understanding of databases, including schema design and query optimization. Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps tooling. React development experience, comfortable contributing to frontend work. Preferred experience in trading, fintech, or container orchestration environments.
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