Remote Lead Backend Engineer - Big Data & AWS

ConsultNet Technology Services and Solutions; Rockville (MD); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

ConsultNet Technology Services and Solutions is seeking an experienced Lead Backend Engineer to provide technical leadership in designing, developing, and delivering scalable, high-performance backend systems supporting complex data-intensive applications.

The role blends hands-on engineering with leadership, guiding architectural decisions, mentoring developers, and driving delivery across the full software lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, or Presto, including deep understanding of system internals, performance tuning, and optimization.
• Proven experience with AWS cloud services, including EMR (Hive/Presto), ECS, Lambda, and S3, supporting large-scale applications.
• 3+ years of hands-on development experience with Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or SQL.
• 2+ years of experience designing and developing RESTful APIs or web services.
• Demonstrated experience leading end-to-end technical project delivery and resolving engineering impediments.
• Experience mentoring software engineers, conducting code reviews, and establishing engineering best practices.
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools such as Jenkins and CloudFormation.
• Working knowledge of scripting languages such as Python or Unix Shell.
• Hands-on experience using LLM-based coding assistants, such as Kiro, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools, across the software development lifecycle.
• Ability to guide engineering teams in the responsible use of AI-assisted development tools, including validation of AI-generated code.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable solutions using distributed microservices and big data technologies such as Hive, Presto, Spark, and Hadoop.
• Provide technical direction for AWS-based applications and infrastructure.
• Serve as a technical expert in big data performance, diagnosing bottlenecks and guiding engineers through complex system-level challenges.
• Drive architectural decisions that improve system scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Own end-to-end technical project delivery, ensuring solutions meet business requirements and engineering standards.
• Proactively identify and resolve technical, process-related, and cross-functional impediments.
• Translate business requirements into technical roadmaps, actionable development tasks, and implementation strategies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to establish priorities, manage dependencies, and ensure successful delivery.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and constructive feedback.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices related to code quality, performance, maintainability, and testing.
• Partner with product management, architecture, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.
• Foster a collaborative engineering environment focused on continuous improvement and technical excellence.
• Champion the adoption of AI-powered development tools, such as Kiro, GitHub Copilot, or similar technologies.
• Guide the team in leveraging AI-assisted capabilities throughout the software development lifecycle, including design, coding, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Establish standards for responsible AI-assisted development, ensuring generated code is understood, reviewed, tested, and validated before implementation.

Skills

Big data

AWS

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

SQL

REST APIs

CI/CD

DevOps

Python

LLM tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Hive

Presto

Spark

Hadoop

AWS EMR

AWS ECS

AWS Lambda

S3

Jenkins

CloudFormation

Job description

ConsultNet Technology Services and Solutions is seeking an experienced Lead Backend Engineer to provide technical leadership in designing, developing, and delivering scalable, high-performance backend systems supporting complex data-intensive applications.

The role blends hands-on engineering with leadership, guiding architectural decisions, mentoring developers, and driving delivery across the full software lifecycle.