Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

Los Angeles, CA

Type: Contract-to-Hire

Category: Development

Industry: Financial Services

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -082026-108363

Date Posted: 09/19/2026

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Description:

Hybrid Fully Remote until West LA office opens - then 3x a week onsite in Los Angeles, CA

Our client is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Software Engineer to join their BaaS team, supporting partner onboarding and BaaS platform enhancement initiatives. This role will be instrumental in building and supporting scalable, secure, and high-performance systems that enable embedded financial services across our partner ecosystem.

This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $65.00 to $70.00/hr. w2

JN -082026-108363

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of APIs and microservices that support BaaS onboarding and partner integration.

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineering teams to define technical requirements and deliver robust solutions.

• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, and best practices in CI/CD, testing, and observability.

• Ensure compliance with SLA standards and contribute to the development of monitoring and alerting systems.

• Lead incident response and root cause analysis to improve system reliability.

• Drive architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy for the BaaS platform, including generating documentation around architectural and design options analysis and decisions.

• Champion emerging technologies evaluation and adoption.

• Refactor and extend the existing codebase to fix defects and add features and functionality.

• Create systems that are durable and flexible by developing for change and favoring configurability over customization.

Experience Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role.

• Strong portfolio demonstrating secure and standards-compliant code across multiple platforms.

• Fluency with several of the following: C#, .NET, SQL, Azure native services (APIM, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Key Vault), containers, and caching frameworks.

• Deep understanding of RESTful API design, OAuth2, and OpenAPI specifications.

• Familiarity with event-driven and microservice architecture patterns (Service Bus, Event Hubs).

• Hands-on experience implementing observability dashboards and platforms (Datadog, Grafana).

• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment delivering iterative project turnarounds for mission and revenue critical, customer-facing applications.

• Deep knowledge of Git, DevOps, Agile Scrum, and security best practices in financial services and compliance standards (PCI DSS, SOC 2).

• Ability to work in the U.S. without sponsorship and to meet the stated location requirement.

Recruitment Transparency Notice

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( View email address on click.appcast.io , View phone number on click.appcast.io) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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