4666 – Engineering Manager (Backend)

Lexicon Solutions; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Lexicon Solutions is seeking a senior engineering leader to guide a team delivering high-performance APIs and microservices. You will help translate business needs into scalable architectures, drive distributed systems decisions, and champion reliability and fast delivery.

You will mentor engineers, balance technical depth with people leadership, and ensure robust monitoring and optimization across services in a dynamic financial data environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
• Deep expertise in building and scaling API-driven architectures and microservices.
• Strong background in database design and optimization (SQL and NoSQL).
• Hands-on experience with real-time data streaming and event-driven architectures.
• Proven track record of leading teams delivering complex backend systems.
• Excellent technical communication and ability to explain complex concepts simply.
• Experience with distributed systems patterns and trade-offs.
• Mentor engineers and grow teams; make architectural decisions balancing innovation with stability.
• Strong project management and Agile methodology experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers building high-performance APIs and microservices.
• Partner with Product Managers to translate business requirements into scalable solutions.
• Drive architectural decisions for distributed systems handling real-time financial data flows.
• Champion best practices for API design, database optimization, and service reliability.
• Foster continuous improvement, code quality, and technical excellence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration between services.
• Balance hands-on technical work with people management and strategic planning.
• Guide teams through technical challenges while maintaining velocity and quality.
• Establish monitoring, alerting, and performance benchmarks for mission-critical services.
• Build strong relationships across engineering teams to promote knowledge sharing.

Skills

Leadership

API architectures

Microservices

Database design

Real-time data streaming

Backend systems

Technical communication

Distributed systems patterns

Mentoring

Agile methodologies

Tools

RESTful APIs

GraphQL APIs

Kafka / RabbitMQ

PostgreSQL / MongoDB / Redis

Kubernetes / container orchestration

Monitoring/Observability tools

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of talented engineers building high-performance APIs and microservices
• Partner with Product Managers to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Drive architectural decisions for distributed systems handling real-time financial data flows
• Champion best practices for API design, database optimization, and service reliability
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, code quality, and technical excellence
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration between services
• Balance hands‑on technical contribution with people management and strategic planning
• Guide the team through technical challenges while maintaining project velocity and quality
• Establish monitoring, alerting, and performance benchmarks for mission‑critical services
• Build strong relationships across engineering teams to promote knowledge sharing

Required Qualifications and Key Competencies

Must Have Skills

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in a leadership role
• Deep expertise in building and scaling API-driven architectures and microservices
• Strong background in database design and optimization (SQL and NoSQL)
• Hands-on experience with real-time data streaming and event-driven architectures
• Proven track record of leading teams delivering complex backend systems
• Excellence in technical communication – able to explain complex concepts simply
• Experience with distributed systems patterns and their trade-offs
• Natural ability to mentor engineers and help them grow their careers
• Comfortable making architectural decisions that balance innovation with stability
• Strong project management skills with experience in agile methodologies

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in designing RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs
• Experience with microservices orchestration and service mesh technologies
• Understanding of database technologies (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, etc.)
• Knowledge of message queuing and streaming platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
• Familiarity with containerization and cloud-native development
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools

Preferred Skills (great if you have experience with)

• Node.js or C#/.NET development – hands‑on experience with our client’s stack.
• Financial services or high-frequency trading systems
• WebSocket implementations and real‑time bidirectional communication
• Event sourcing and CQRS patterns
• Kubernetes and container orchestration at scale
• Performance tuning for low-latency systems
• Building teams from scratch or scaling existing teams
• CI/CD pipeline design and DevOps practices
• Data pipeline architecture and ETL processes
• Chaos engineering and resilience testing
• Leading remote or distributed engineering teams