Lead Backend Engineer - Distributed Systems & SaaS Cloud

Leadout Capital; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Leadout Capital is hiring a Lead Software Engineer to envision and build components for distributed filesystems in a multi-tenant cloud SaaS environment. You will design scalable systems, mentor junior engineers, and drive best practices across the team.

We value leadership, deep systems knowledge, and hands-on coding in Java/Python with strong SQL. Expect collaboration with cross-functional teams in a hybrid work model to accelerate product delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Deep knowledge of distributed filesystems (on-prem and cloud).
• Strong OO programming and scripting (Java, Python) with SQL skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop production-ready code for a cloud-based multi-tenant SaaS platform.
• Lead code reviews, mentorship, and technical guidance for the team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver the product roadmap.

Skills

Systems design

Programming languages

Distributed systems

Java

Python

SQL

Cloud SAAS

Leadership

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Job description

Leadout Capital is hiring a Lead Software Engineer to envision and build components for distributed filesystems in a multi-tenant cloud SaaS environment. You will design scalable systems, mentor junior engineers, and drive best practices across the team.

We value leadership, deep systems knowledge, and hands-on coding in Java/Python with strong SQL. Expect collaboration with cross-functional teams in a hybrid work model to accelerate product delivery.