Senior Backend Architect & Distributed Systems Lead

Lendistry; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision

401(k) match

Paid time off

Gym facilities

Employee assistance program

Professional development

Job summary

Lendistry is seeking a Sr Staff Engineer, Backend to architect and lead the distributed systems that power our lending platform. This hands-on technical leadership role integrates deep systems design with the realities of operating mission-critical services in a regulated industry.

You will drive architectural decisions across a multi-tenant microservices platform, set backend engineering standards, mentor a team of engineers, and collaborate with frontend, product, QA, credit, and data teams to

Qualifications

• 7+ years as a software engineer building complex backend and distributed systems.
• Experience with multi-tenant SaaS or regulated industries is preferred.
• Strong proficiency in RESTful APIs and service-to-service integrations.

Responsibilities

• Own backend architecture and service decomposition for the lending platform.
• Design and implement scalable APIs and asynchronous processing pipelines.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with product, data, and QA teams.
• Drive platform reliability, observability, and security at scale.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

Microservices

API design

Observability

Security

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Lendistry is seeking a Sr Staff Engineer, Backend to architect and lead the distributed systems that power our lending platform. This hands-on technical leadership role integrates deep systems design with the realities of operating mission-critical services in a regulated industry.

You will drive architectural decisions across a multi-tenant microservices platform, set backend engineering standards, mentor a team of engineers, and collaborate with frontend, product, QA, credit, and data teams to