Lead Backend Engineer - Python/AWS - Fully Remote Australia

SustainRecruit; Australia; Remote; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SustainRecruit partners with a growing product-led technology company in Australia to hire a Lead Backend engineer for its engineering team. This hands-on role emphasizes technical ownership without people management, spanning complex backend and platform systems.

You'll drive architecture decisions, champion distributed design, and own initiatives from design to production in a scaling product environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on individual contributor role with lead-level technical ownership.
• Able to own complex engineering initiatives from design through production.
• Focus on systems design, distributed architecture and service boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Own design through production for backend and platform systems.
• Shape architecture and technical foundations behind a rapidly scaling product.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure robust backend services and deployment pipelines.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

System design

Microservices

Tools

AWS

FastAPI/Flask

Kafka/SQS

Docker

Terraform

Job description

We're partnering with a growing product-led technology company looking for a Lead Backend engineer to join its Australian engineering team.

This is a hands-on individual contributor role, offering lead level technical ownership without moving into people management. You'll work across complex backend and platform systems, helping shape the architecture and technical foundations behind a rapidly scaling product.

Tech stack: Python, AWS, FastAPI/Flask, Kafka/SQS, Docker, Terraform

You'll take ownership of complex engineering initiatives from design through to production, with a focus on systems design, distributed architecture and service boundaries.