Lead Back End Engineer

In this role you drive the technical direction of a fast-scaling SaaS backend, owning architecture, standards, and delivery while staying hands-on. You’ll set the vision, raise engineering quality, and guide cross-functional work to improve scalability, security, and reliability. You shape technical strategy, mentor engineers, and ensure alignment with compliance requirements. This is a high-impact position at the intersection of strategy and delivery, with a clear opportunity to influence how we scale and secure our systems.

• Define and evolve backend architecture for scalability, maintainability, and performance
• Set coding standards and secure development practices (OWASP)
• Influence technology choices to support engineering excellence
• Oversee CI/CD improvements and operational workflows
• Clearly articulate technical risks to non-technical stakeholders
• Lead projects to successful outcomes balancing debt, design, and business needs
• Contribute to key backend systems when required
• Review and refine critical code for architectural alignment
• Provide technical oversight for major initiatives
• Coach and mentor backend engineers to raise capability
• Facilitate design discussions, code reviews, and problem-solving sessions
• Build consensus for architectural decisions across teams
• Identify and resolve technical debt
• Introduce new backend technologies to improve reliability and delivery speed
• Promote practices for scalability, security, and maintainability
• Stay up to date with trends and contribute to engineering strategy
• Share knowledge through presentations and workshops
• Support recruitment by assessing candidates and promoting engineering culture
• Ensure backend systems comply with ISO27001 and PCI

• Strong backend engineering experience, ideally with Java (11+) and Spring Boot
• Proven ability to design and lead backend architectures for complex systems
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred) and Kubernetes
• Experience with event-driven architectures and Kafka
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and modern deployment practices
• Mentor capable of influencing technical direction across teams
• Strong problem-solving skills balancing technical, product, and delivery considerations
• Comfortable in agile environments using Git-based SCM and Jira/Redmine
• Awareness of ISO27001 and PCI compliance

• Strategic thinking
• Effective communication with non-technical stakeholders
• Mentoring and leadership
• Java 11+
• Spring Boot
• AWS