Lead Software Engineer - Backend

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer - Backend to design, develop, and architect highly scalable, high-performance backend services supporting enterprise eCommerce platforms. This hands-on technical leadership role is responsible for driving architecture, solution design, code quality, and engineering best practices while mentoring development teams and delivering resilient, cloud-native applications. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Python, TypeScript, FastAPI, AWS, DynamoDB, and event-driven architectures.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of scalable backend services for enterprise eCommerce platforms.

• Serve as the technical owner for major initiatives, driving solution design, implementation, and delivery.

• Design and develop high-performance, low-latency, event-driven microservices and APIs.

• Build and maintain backend applications using Python, FastAPI, TypeScript, and Node.js.

• Design and optimize cloud-native solutions using AWS services and serverless architectures.

• Develop and maintain GraphQL and RESTful APIs.

• Design scalable data solutions using DynamoDB and distributed caching technologies.

• Manage repositories, CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and engineering governance.

• Collaborate with architects, product managers, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders to deliver enterprise solutions.

• Perform code reviews, establish coding standards, and mentor engineering teams.

• Optimize system performance, scalability, resiliency, and operational efficiency.

• Troubleshoot production issues and implement proactive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.

• Build containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.

• Implement continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) best practices.

• Contribute to technical roadmaps, architecture standards, and engineering best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Minimum 7 years of experience in backend software engineering.

• Strong hands-on experience with Python development.

• Experience building backend services using FastAPI.

• Strong experience with TypeScript.

• Experience developing scalable cloud-native applications on AWS.

• Strong experience with Amazon DynamoDB.

• Experience designing and implementing event-driven architectures.

• Experience building distributed, high-volume, and low-latency systems.

• Experience with GraphQL and RESTful API development.

• Experience with Node.js backend development.

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized deployments.

• Experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with distributed caching technologies.

• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.

• Experience with monitoring, logging, telemetry, and production support.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with eCommerce platforms such as BigCommerce, commercetools, or Shopify.

• Experience integrating third-party platforms and vendor solutions.

• Experience with Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Understanding of frontend technologies including React, Redux, HTML5, and CSS3.

• Knowledge of CDN, edge computing, browser performance optimization, and server-side performance tuning.