Backend Team Lead (Python, Go, Data Systems)

StackGuardian; Sheffield; Remote; GBP 67,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Backend Team Lead to shape the architecture of a cloud platform. You will lead a team focusing on Python and Go microservices, ensuring system reliability, scalability, and security. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of backend engineering experience, a solid cloud-native proficiency, and a passion for mentoring. This role offers a fully remote work setup with significant equity potential.

Benefits

Ownership and autonomy in product direction

Equity with upside potential

High-trust culture with direct collaboration

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and building backend SaaS applications.
• Experience with Python and Go.
• Knowledge of Postgres, ClickHouse, Kafka, Redis.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend architecture and implementation across Python and Go.
• Design and optimize large-scale data systems.
• Ensure backend services meet quality, observability, and scalability standards.
• Mentor and grow the engineering team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable features.

Skills

Backend Engineering Expertise

Product & Platform Mindset

Cloud-Native Proficiency

Team Leadership

Distributed Data Systems Knowledge

System Design Strength

DevSecOps Knowledge

Job description

🚀 Lead the Core Backend Engineering Team at a Powerhouse Start-Up 🚀

Role : Backend Team Lead (Python, Go, Data Systems)

Industry : Infrastructure Automation and Enterprise SaaS

Location : Fully Remote (Europe)

Compensation : Up to EUR 90,000 + high-impact ESOPs

About StackGuardian

At StackGuardian , we are reshaping how enterprises orchestrate secure cloud infrastructure. Our platform enables teams to ship reliable software faster, while meeting the highest standards of security and compliance.

We are looking for a Backend Engineering Leader who is deeply technical, thrives in complex distributed systems, and has a proven track record building data-heavy backend SaaS platforms . You will lead a team working across Python, Go , modern data architectures, and cloud-native infrastructure.

If you enjoy designing systems that scale, mentoring engineers, and influencing product direction, we want to talk to you.

🌟 What You’ll Do

• Lead with Technical Excellence : Drive backend architecture and implementation across Python and Go microservices. Write clean, performant code while guiding key system design decisions.
• Architect and Scale Data-Driven Backend Systems : Design and optimize large-scale data systems powering workflows, policy engines, analytics, and automation features.
• Own Reliability, Security, and Performance : Ensure backend services meet enterprise-grade standards for quality, observability, access control, and scalability.
• Grow and Mentor the Engineering Team : Lead a group of backend and data engineers. Conduct code reviews, establish engineering best practices, and foster a culture of technical rigor.
• Collaborate Across the Product Lifecycle : Work closely with Product, UX, DevSecOps, and Frontend teams to deliver features that are reliable, developer‑friendly, and intuitive.

🔧 Who We’re Looking For

• Backend Engineering Expertise : 5+ years designing and building backend SaaS applications, ideally with Python and Go experience with quality‑centric approach .
• Product & Platform Mindset : You’ve owned backend product roadmaps and can translate user needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Cloud‑Native Proficiency : Experience building distributed backend services on AWS or similar (Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB / Postgres, API Gateway, queues, event systems).
• Team Leadership : Previous experience leading backend or cross‑functional engineering teams coaching, growing engineers, setting standards.
• Distributed Data Systems Knowledge : Experience with Postgres, ClickHouse, Kafka, Redis, or similar high‑throughput storage and messaging technologies .
• System Design Strength : comfortable with designing modular API boundaries, microservices, workflow orchestration, and secure multi‑tenant SaaS systems.
• DevSecOps Knowledge : Experience with DevSecOps workflows, IaC (Terraform / CDK / Bicep), RBAC, policy engines , or enterprise customer deployments.

💡 Why Join Us

• You will shape the core architecture of the platform.
• You’ll have ownership, autonomy, and a real voice in product direction.
• Equity with upside : join at a meaningful stage before major growth inflection.
• High-trust culture : direct collaboration with founders, zero needless bureaucracy.
• Innovation Time : dedicated days for experimentation, architectural research, and prototyping.

Let’s shape the Future of Platform Engineering together!