Senior Backend Platform Lead (Remote)

Forma Inc; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first working environment

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Employee wellness program

Home office stipend

401(k) savings plan

Flexible PTO

Parental Leave: 12 weeks + 4 weeks

Job summary

Forma is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the backend platform team, owning the reliability, scalability, and performance of core systems powering the benefits platform. You’ll drive end-to-end ownership from architecture to deployment and set guardrails as AI-assisted development scales.

You will collaborate with Engineering leadership, Product, Security, and other teams to ensure scalable, secure, and high-velocity delivery across products.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience directly managing software engineers, including a platform/backend team.
• 10+ years of experience developing backend software with distributed systems, APIs, and SOA.
• Proven track record building and scaling large-scale distributed systems in production.
• Experience owning platform reliability — SLAs/SLOs, incident management, observability, and on-call practices.
• Experience developing engineering talent through coaching and performance management.

Responsibilities

• Own the backend platform strategy and roadmap for services across the org.
• Translate platform strategy into practical execution plans with quarterly OKRs and delivery accountability.
• Champion engineering excellence with best practices in design, testing, and operational readiness, incl. AI guardrails.
• Partner with other teams to define platform APIs, shared services, and infrastructure for product velocity.
• Manage and grow a backend engineering team, fostering a diverse, collaborative culture.

Skills

Backend management

Distributed systems

APIs

Platform reliability

Talent development

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical strategy

AI-assisted development

Fintech exposure

Job description

Forma is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the backend platform team, owning the reliability, scalability, and performance of core systems powering the benefits platform. You’ll drive end-to-end ownership from architecture to deployment and set guardrails as AI-assisted development scales.

You will collaborate with Engineering leadership, Product, Security, and other teams to ensure scalable, secure, and high-velocity delivery across products.