Senior Backend Architect & Tech Lead, Scalable SaaS

Luminary; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Luminary in San Mateo, CA seeks a senior backend leader to architect and build scalable backend systems and APIs. You will mentor a team of developers, drive security and reliability, and collaborate across engineering and product teams to deliver enterprise-grade SaaS solutions.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years building distributed systems, strong Kubernetes expertise, and a track record of leading high-performing teams in cloud-based environments with a focus on quality and scalability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building highly performant, scalable distributed systems.
• Proven Kubernetes-based apps deployed in production.
• Backend developer with focus on scalable SaaS systems.
• Leadership and mentoring of developer teams.
• Cloud infrastructure and SRE practices.
• Enterprise-grade software delivery with emphasis on quality.
• Security: encryption, auth, and authorization concepts.
• Scalability solutions: load balancing, auto-scaling, caching.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and testing methods.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop robust, scalable backend systems and APIs.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and foster collaboration.
• Ensure code quality, maintainability, and security in backend development.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver features and products.
• Deliver software with enterprise readiness and quality.

Skills

Backend architecture

Kubernetes

SaaS architecture

Technical leadership

Cloud infrastructure

Security practices

Performance optimization

CI/CD pipelines

Load balancing

Team mentoring

Tools

Kubernetes

GCP

CI/CD tools

Job description

Luminary in San Mateo, CA seeks a senior backend leader to architect and build scalable backend systems and APIs. You will mentor a team of developers, drive security and reliability, and collaborate across engineering and product teams to deliver enterprise-grade SaaS solutions.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years building distributed systems, strong Kubernetes expertise, and a track record of leading high-performing teams in cloud-based environments with a focus on quality and scalability.