Director, Backend Engineering and Architecture

Class Valuation • Troy, MI

7d • Remote

About The Position

This role involves contributing to backend architecture design, providing technical guidance to the backend engineering team, and supporting backend modernization initiatives. The position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams, participation in architecture discussions, and ensuring adherence to best practices in CI/CD, code quality, and architectural standards. Key focus areas include system scalability, observability, performance optimization, system monitoring, capacity planning, and reliability engineering.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or Computer Information Systems and 1 year of experience in the job offered or 1 year of experience in a related programming occupations such as DevOps Engineer, Software Developer, Software Engineer or equivalent using tools such as C#
• 1 year of experience with .NET Core or equivalent backend framework
• 1 year of experience using Cloud Platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP including experience with ECS, EKS, or AKS
• 1 year of experience using Databases tools such as MySQL, SQL Server, and MongoDB, and Architecture tools such as Microservices, event-driven design, RESTful APIs
• 1 year of experience with CI/CD pipeline management and monitoring tools
• 1 year of experience with security tools such as OAuth2, IAM, encryption, load balancing, and distributed caching
• In lieu of a Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or Computer Information Systems, employer will accept an additional 2 years of experience in the skills listed above.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to backend architecture design, including design patterns and scalable system components.
• Provide technical guidance to backend engineering team members to support alignment with architectural and performance objectives.
• Support backend modernization initiatives, including migration to microservices and cloud-based platforms.
• Establish and maintain backend design documentation, integration standards, and code-review practices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Frontend, and Security teams to implement technical solutions aligned with business needs.
• Participate in architecture discussions, performance analysis, and system reliability improvements.
• Ensure adherence to CI/CD best practices, code-quality metrics, and architectural standards.
• Contribute to backend system scalability, observability, and performance optimization efforts.
• Support system monitoring, capacity planning, and reliability engineering activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director