Lead Back-End Developer
Remote
Serv Recruitment
$158,000 - $158,000
Full Time
Lead Level
7+ years
Posted 4 weeks ago
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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 for a high-growth proprietary trading firm.
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
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
Qualifications
- 7+ years of professional backend development experience
Nice to Have
- 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
Skills
SQL
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AWS
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DevOps
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CI/CD
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.NET Core
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Microservices
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Kafka
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Entity Framework
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Fintech
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Nunit
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ASP.NET Core
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xUnit
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* Required skills
About Serv Recruitment
Serv, a global executive recruitment partner, is hiring on behalf of our client Take Profit Trader for a Lead Back End Developer.
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