Remote Backend Tech Lead — Fintech & AI-Driven Systems

M8l; United States; Remote; USD 97.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Aplazo is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to own backend systems powering fintech products. You will design, build, and operate services end-to-end, mentor engineers, and drive quality across your squad. The role emphasizes leadership in architecture decisions, incident handling, and leveraging AI tools for scalable solutions.

Required: 5+ years in backend development, strong Java experience, distributed systems expertise, and Spanish fluency with English for cross-team collaboration.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years building backend systems at scale.
• Strong experience with Java (Python/Go a plus).
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, APIs, and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).
• Expert-level debugging across service boundaries.
• Track record of designing systems that balance scalability, reliability, and speed.

Aufgaben

• Own systems end-to-end — design, build, operate backend services from idea to production.
• Lead technically — run design reviews, set direction, architect decisions for your squad.
• Mentor engineers — help E1/E2 engineers grow through pairing and code reviews.
• Drive quality — champion testing strategy, observability, and best practices.
• Leverage AI strategically — use AI for architecture exploration, large refactors, and risk modeling.

Kenntnisse

Backend systems

Java

Distributed systems

APIs

Cloud/AWS

Debugging

Spanish fluency

English proficiency

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

Kafka

DataDog

Pulumi

Jenkins

Jobbeschreibung

Aplazo is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to own backend systems powering fintech products. You will design, build, and operate services end-to-end, mentor engineers, and drive quality across your squad. The role emphasizes leadership in architecture decisions, incident handling, and leveraging AI tools for scalable solutions.

Required: 5+ years in backend development, strong Java experience, distributed systems expertise, and Spanish fluency with English for cross-team collaboration.