Lead Backend Engineer (Java & Python) - Cloud Native

Best Egg; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Health care plans

FSA/HSA options

Life insurance

Job summary

Best Egg is seeking a Lead Software Engineer II to design and deliver reliable, scalable software across our fintech platform. You will partner with senior engineers and architects to implement cloud-native, secure systems and drive engineering excellence.

Expect collaboration, mentorship, and a focus on observable, maintainable code. You will work in a hands-on role shaping solutions, improving performance, and supporting cross-functional teams within an agile environment.

Qualifications

• 4 - 6 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong backend development experience with Java and Python.
• Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling, and query optimization.
• Working knowledge of AWS cloud architecture, services, and best practices.
• Experience with modern databases (relational and NoSQL) such as DynamoDB, RDS, PostgreSQL, DocumentDB.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and container orchestration systems (ECS/EKS preferred).
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as CloudWatch or Datadog.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and participate in design discussions.
• Collaboration & Leadership: Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams.
• Comfort working in Agile environments with iterative delivery and shared ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally.
• Work closely with senior leaders to shape solutions.
• Ensure software follows modern engineering practices, including clean code, testing, automation, and cloud-native patterns.
• Support continuous improvement in code quality, reliability, performance, and developer experience.
• Build and enhance distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native solutions in AWS.
• Apply cloud best practices—security, cost awareness, performance, and operational efficiency—under guidance of senior engineers.
• Contribute to observability through metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and alerts.
• Assist in performance tuning, resiliency improvements, and troubleshooting production issues to ensure system stability.
• Collaborate effectively with Product, Architecture, InfoSec, and DevOps to deliver well-aligned solutions.
• Contribute to a culture of learning, curiosity, and continuous improvement within the engineering team.

Skills

Java

Python

SQL

AWS

DynamoDB

RDS

PostgreSQL

DocumentDB

Docker

ECS

EKS

CI/CD

CloudWatch

Datadog

Data modeling

NoSQL

Agile

Tools

CI/CD tools

Job description

Best Egg is seeking a Lead Software Engineer II to design and deliver reliable, scalable software across our fintech platform. You will partner with senior engineers and architects to implement cloud-native, secure systems and drive engineering excellence.

Expect collaboration, mentorship, and a focus on observable, maintainable code. You will work in a hands-on role shaping solutions, improving performance, and supporting cross-functional teams within an agile environment.