[8BE] Team Lead - Back End Engineering

Software Mind Americas

1d•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a highly autonomous engineer with a "Platform Engineering" mindset to take broad ownership of system-wide improvement. This project focuses on strengthening the core systems of a sophisticated, AI-powered product. Rather than traditional feature-based development, this initiative sits at the critical intersection of AI systems, infrastructure, and platform reliability. The team operates in a fast-moving, "early-stage" style environment, leveraging cutting-edge AI development tools to solve cross-cutting technical challenges. The mission is to evolve a complex codebase by improving observability, enhancing the reliability of AI agents, and ensuring the system can scale to meet high-performance demands. If you enjoy solving complex technical problems across multiple domains and improving entire systems, this opportunity is for you.

Requirements

8+ years of professional backend development, including at least 4 years in a technical lead or team lead role
Strong proficiency in C# / .NET (ASP.NET Core Web API, .NET 8) and clean architecture principles (DDD, CQRS)
Hands-on experience designing and building RESTful microservices at scale
Solid understanding of multi-tenant SaaS architecture patterns
Experience with AWS services: Lambda, SQS/EventBridge, S3, RDS/PostgreSQL or DynamoDB
Familiarity with Identity & Auth patterns: JWT, OAuth 2.0, OIDC; experience with Keycloak or similar identity providers
Experience working in brownfield environments — assessing and integrating with existing systems
Experience with containerisation (Docker) and CI/CD pipeline management (Bitbucket Pipelines or equivalent)
Strong team facilitation skills: sprint ceremonies, code reviews, cross-vendor alignment

Nice To Haves

Excellent communication in English — written and spoken — for daily client interaction
Experience in retail, e-commerce, or B2B commerce domains — understanding of order lifecycle, pricing models, inventory management, and multi-channel fulfilment
Familiarity with headless or composable commerce architectures and front-end/backend API contract patterns
Experience with marketplace integrations (Amazon SP-API, Walmart Marketplace API)
Background in promotional products, print-on-demand, or B2B e-commerce
Experience working in distributed, multi-vendor delivery models

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers (3–6 engineers), setting technical direction and ensuring consistent delivery quality
Own sprint planning, backlog refinement, and capacity management in Jira in close coordination with the client's Product and Delivery teams
Drive architectural decisions across core backend services: Identity & Auth, Order Management, Pricing, Inventory, Catalog, and Notifications
Define and enforce engineering standards: code reviews, branching strategy, CI/CD pipelines, and testing coverage (xUnit, BDD/Reqnroll)
Partner with the client's Project Manager and architects to align technical scope with POC, MVP, and full-launch phase boundaries
Coordinate with the Shopify/Hydrogen front-end team and third-party vendors to ensure clean API contracts and integration points
Navigate brownfield complexity — assess existing legacy systems, support migration planning, and ensure backward compatibility where required
Proactively identify, surface, and mitigate delivery risks, dependencies, and blockers
Participate in client-facing stand-ups, sprint reviews, and technical design sessions
Ensure environment parity and observability across Dev, QA, Integration, Staging, and Production (AWS-hosted)