Job Title: Technical Lead - Backend Systems

Role Summary

We are hiring a Lead Backend Engineer with 15+ years of experience who will own backend architecture and system design while remaining deeply hands-on. This role is for someone already making architectural decisions.

You will design, build, and evolve distributed backend systems, define architectural standards, and guide teams through complex technical decisions.

Required Qualifications

Must have
. 10+ years of backend/software engineering experience

· 3+ years of production experience with FastAPI

· Expert-level Python knowledge

· Strong experience with:

o Relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL)

o At least one NoSQL datastore

· Deep understanding of:

o Backend architecture patterns

o Design patterns (GoF, SOLID, DDD concepts)

o Distributed systems fundamentals

Additional qualifications

· Experience designing and evolving large-scale systems

· Practical experience with cloud services and deployments

· Proven ability to lead technical decisions and architecture discussions

· Experience migrating monoliths to microservices (or deciding