Senior API & Platform Lead - BaaS (Hybrid Remote)

Eliassen Group; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group seeks a Lead Software Engineer for a hybrid role in Los Angeles, CA, with remote option until the West LA office opens and then 3x weekly onsite. You will lead API and microservice design for BaaS onboarding and partner integration, guiding security, performance, and reliability across platforms.

You will mentor teams, drive CI/CD and observability practices, and establish architectural direction for the BaaS platform while ensuring compliance with financial services standards.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role.
• Strong portfolio showing secure, standards-compliant code across platforms.
• Fluency with C#, .NET, SQL, Azure native services, containers, and caching frameworks.
• Deep knowledge of RESTful API design, OAuth2, and OpenAPI specifications.
• Experience with event-driven microservices (Service Bus, Event Hubs) and observability (Datadog, Grafana).
• Proficient in Git, DevOps, Agile Scrum, and security best practices in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of APIs and microservices for BaaS onboarding and partner integration.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineering teams on requirements.
• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, and CI/CD best practices.
• Ensure SLA compliance and contribute to monitoring and alerting systems.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis to improve reliability.
• Set long-term technical strategy for the BaaS platform and document architectural decisions.
• Champion emerging technologies and extend the existing codebase with new features.
• Develop durable, configurable systems that adapt to change.

Skills

C#

.NET

SQL

Azure native services

containers

caching

OpenAPI

RESTful API design

OAuth2

Datadog

Grafana

Service Bus

Event Hubs

Git

DevOps

Agile Scrum

security best practices

Tools

Datadog

Grafana

Azure

Cosmos DB

Key Vault

APIM

OpenAPI

Job description

Eliassen Group seeks a Lead Software Engineer for a hybrid role in Los Angeles, CA, with remote option until the West LA office opens and then 3x weekly onsite. You will lead API and microservice design for BaaS onboarding and partner integration, guiding security, performance, and reliability across platforms.

You will mentor teams, drive CI/CD and observability practices, and establish architectural direction for the BaaS platform while ensuring compliance with financial services standards.