Remote Lead Backend Engineer for Scalable Fintech

Nimble Gravity, LLC; Santiago de Querétaro; Remote; MXN 2,793,000 - 4,283,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote position

Stock options and performance bonuses

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous paid time off and holidays

Professional development budget

Job summary

Nimble Gravity, LLC is hiring a Lead Software Engineer (Backend) for a fully remote role. You will spearhead backend architecture, mentor engineers, and drive scalable, secure platforms for innovative fintech products.

You will design and deploy robust services, collaborate across teams, and ensure code quality through rigorous reviews. Excellent remote communication and leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent.
• 8+ years of backend experience, with 3+ years in leadership or senior roles.
• Proven ability to design and build scalable distributed systems.
• Proficient in one or more backend languages (Python/Java/Go/Node.js).
• Extensive cloud experience and microservices architecture.
• Deep database knowledge (SQL/NoSQL) and data modeling.
• Experience with message queues and caching mechanisms.
• Familiarity with containers (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication; remote/workflow experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and deployment of backend services and APIs.
• Architect robust, scalable, and highly available systems.
• Collaborate with product managers and frontend engineers on requirements.
• Write clean, well-tested code in supported languages.
• Mentor backend engineers and ensure code quality through reviews.
• Address performance bottlenecks and technical debt.
• Promote CI/CD, testing strategies, and system monitoring.
• Participate in technical decision-making and planning.
• Ensure data and system security and integrity.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and advocate adoption.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Mentoring engineers

Leadership

Strong problem solving

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Nimble Gravity, LLC is hiring a Lead Software Engineer (Backend) for a fully remote role. You will spearhead backend architecture, mentor engineers, and drive scalable, secure platforms for innovative fintech products.

You will design and deploy robust services, collaborate across teams, and ensure code quality through rigorous reviews. Excellent remote communication and leadership are essential.