Lead Software Engineer

Role: Lead Software Engineer Location: West Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid - minimum 3 days/week onsite) Role Overview We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer to support a highly transactional financial services platform processing approximately 500-800 TPS . The engineer will lead the design and development of scalable, secure, and high-performance APIs, microservices, and enterprise applications supporting financial services. Key Responsibilities Lead the design and development of APIs and microservices . Design and oversee large-scale, highly scalable software systems. Make high-level architecture and design decisions and establish coding standards. Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, and Engineering teams. Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, testing, CI/CD, and observability . Ensure compliance with SLA standards and implement monitoring and alerting. Lead incident response, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis . Define architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy. Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies. Refactor and extend existing codebases while maintaining flexibility and scalability. Manage software development projects, including analysis, testing, deployment, and troubleshooting. Work with AI-driven SDLC tools and AI-assisted development. Translate business requirements into robust technical designs. Develop prototypes/POCs to evaluate new technologies and approaches. Required Qualifications 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience , including at least 2 years in a technical leadership role . Strong experience developing secure and standards-compliant software across multiple platforms . Advanced experience with: C# / .NET SQL Azure Azure native services such as APIM, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Key Vault Container technologies and cloud-native frameworks Strong understanding of RESTful API design, OAuth2, and OpenAPI . Strong experience with event-driven architecture , including Service Bus and Event Hubs . Experience with observability platforms such as Datadog and Grafana . Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, Agile/Scrum, and security best practices . Knowledge of security and compliance standards such as PCI DSS and SOC 2 . Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment supporting mission- and revenue-critical customer-facing applications . Preferred Qualifications Experience with FinTech or embedded finance platforms . Experience with partner integration workflows using APIs and SLAs . Contributions to open-source projects or technical publications . Additional Requirements Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship . Must currently reside in the approved location: West Los Angeles, CA . Must be able to meet the 3-days-per-week onsite requirement . Fisec Global