Lead Back-End Developer

Serv Recruitment Agency

3d • Remote

About The Position

As the Lead Back End Developer, you will define backend technical direction, lead and mentor backend engineers, and actively contribute to designing and building services. You will work closely with frontend, QA, and platform teams to deliver reliable, scalable systems.
This role requires deep backend expertise, strong architectural judgment, and hands-on leadership.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional backend development experience
• Strong hands-on experience with .NET Core / ASP.NET Core
• Solid experience with SQL databases and data modeling
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems
• Experience with Kafka or similar messaging/pub-sub systems
• Hands-on experience with Entity Framework or equivalent ORMs
• Experience deploying and operating services on AWS or similar cloud platforms
• Experience leading teams, mentoring engineers, and performing code reviews
• Strong understanding of performance, scalability, and fault tolerance

Nice To Haves

• Experience building fintech, trading, or high-throughput systems
• Experience with background processing, retries, and idempotency patterns
• Familiarity with observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing)
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers, providing technical guidance and coaching
• Own backend architecture and service design across the platform
• Design, develop, and maintain services using .NET Core / ASP.NET Core
• Build and evolve microservices-based architectures with clear boundaries and contracts
• Design and manage SQL-based data models and work extensively with relational databases
• Use Entity Framework and related ORM tools effectively
• Implement event-driven and pub/sub patterns using Kafka or similar messaging systems
• Build resilient, scalable services deployed on AWS or equivalent cloud platforms
• Review code, enforce standards, and ensure best practices around performance, security, and reliability
• Maintain a strong test-driven development mindset using xUnit, NUnit, or similar
• Collaborate with product and frontend teams on system design and integration
• Stay hands-on with development while leading architecture and delivery

Benefits

• bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed