Lead Backend Engineer: Cloud-Native & Security Leader

Strive Solutions; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Strive Solutions in Chicago is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design and build scalable, cloud-native financial services platforms. You will lead engineering efforts, mentor engineers, and influence architecture decisions to deliver secure, reliable systems.

This role emphasizes software quality, cross-functional collaboration with product and data teams, and setting engineering standards for performance and resilience in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering production software at scale.
• Strong expertise in secure, reliable, cloud-native system design and development.
• Demonstrated ability to lead engineers and influence architecture decisions.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with product and data teams.
• Strong focus on engineering standards, quality, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and delivery of scalable financial and insurance tech solutions.
• Set technical direction and shape engineering and architecture standards.
• Champion software quality, reliability, security, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with product, data, and business partners to define technical roadmaps.
• Support resilient platform engineering and promote cloud-native practices.

Skills

Production software

Cloud-native design

Leadership & architecture influence

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering standards & quality

Job description

Strive Solutions in Chicago is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design and build scalable, cloud-native financial services platforms. You will lead engineering efforts, mentor engineers, and influence architecture decisions to deliver secure, reliable systems.

This role emphasizes software quality, cross-functional collaboration with product and data teams, and setting engineering standards for performance and resilience in a fast-paced environment.