Backend Lead Developer

Job Overview

• Seeking an experienced Backend Lead Developer to design, develop, and support scalable cloud-native backend systems and distributed services.
• The ideal candidate will lead backend engineering initiatives focused on high-performance, low-latency, and event-driven architectures while collaborating with cross-functional technology and business teams.

Requirements/Must Have

• Strong experience in backend software engineering.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, or similar backend programming languages.
• Experience building microservices and REST or asynchronous APIs.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, scalability, and resiliency patterns.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with event streaming and messaging systems such as Kafka.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working within complex and evolving technology environments.
• Strong understanding of low-latency and high-throughput system design principles.

Experience

• Experience with High-Performance Computing environments, performance tuning, or compute-intensive workloads preferred.
• Experience using Redis for caching, pub/sub, or distributed state management.
• Strong knowledge of Apache Kafka including producers, consumers, schemas, and stream processing.
• Experience with Symphony-based integrations, workflows, or automation platforms preferred.
• Exposure to C++ development or ability to understand and modify C++ code.
• Experience with low-latency or real-time systems.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud-native backend services.
• Build and support event-driven and asynchronous systems using streaming and messaging platforms.
• Engineer low-latency, high-throughput systems with resiliency and fault tolerance.
• Optimize performance for compute-intensive and data-intensive workloads.
• Collaborate with platform, DevOps, and Front Office teams to deliver end-to-end technical solutions.
• Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and production readiness assessments.
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive improvements in performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Contribute to engineering standards, best practices, and mentoring initiatives.
• Support continuous improvement of backend platforms and distributed systems architecture.

Should Have

• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.
• Experience working in real-time or financial technology environments.
• Strong analytical and architectural design skills.
• Ability to work effectively within Agile and collaborative development teams.

Skills

• Java.
• Python.
• Microservices Architecture.
• REST APIs.
• Distributed Systems.
• Apache Kafka.
• Redis.
• AWS.
• Azure.
• Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).
• Docker.
• Kubernetes.
• CI/CD Pipelines.
• Event-Driven Architecture.
• High-Performance Computing.
• C++.
• Real-Time Systems.
• Performance Optimization.

Qualification And Education

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.