Senior Software Engineer – BaaS

Russell Tobin; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Russell Tobin is recruiting on behalf of a leading fintech and financial services company for a Senior Software Engineer - BaaS in West Los Angeles, CA. You will design and build APIs and microservices, enabling embedded financial services across a partner ecosystem and driving scalable, secure platforms.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of software engineering with leadership exposure, strong C#, .NET, SQL skills, and hands-on Azure cloud experience, plus a proven track record in CI/CD, security,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 1 year in a technical leadership role.
• Strong portfolio of secure, standards-compliant code across multiple platforms.
• Proficiency in C#, .NET, SQL and cloud platforms (Azure) plus container tech.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop APIs and microservices that support BaaS onboarding and partner integration.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineering teams to define technical requirements and deliver robust solutions.
• Support engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, and best practices in CI/CD, testing, and observability.
• Ensure compliance with SLA standards and contribute to the development of monitoring and alerting systems.
• Contribute to incident response and root cause analysis to improve system reliability.
• Draft architectural and design documentation to assist design options analysis and decision making.
• Evaluate emerging technologies from applicability to feasibility to adoption paths.
• Refactor and extend the existing codebase to fix defects and add features/functionality.
• Create systems that are durable and flexible by developing for change; favor configurability over customization.

Skills

C#

.NET

SQL

RESTful API design

OAuth2

OpenAPI specifications

Event-driven architecture

Git

DevOps

Agile Scrum

Security best practices

PCI DSS

SOC 2

Cloud platforms (Azure)

Microservices

Monitoring and observability

Tools

Azure APIM

Azure SQL

Cosmos DB

Key Vault

Service Bus

Event Hubs

Datadog

Grafana

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Our client, a leading fintech and financial services company, is looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer - BaaS in West Los Angeles, CA.

Our client, a leading fintech and financial services company, is looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer - BaaS in West Los Angeles, CA.

Pay Rate Range

$60 to $67/hr on w2 (Without benefits), depending on experience

Responsibilities

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our BaaS team, supporting partner onboarding and BaaS platform enhancement initiatives. This role will be instrumental in building and supporting scalable, secure, and high-performance systems that enable embedded financial services across our partner ecosystem.

• Design and develop APIs and microservices that support BaaS onboarding and partner integration.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineering teams to define technical requirements and deliver robust solutions.
• Support engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, and best practices in CI/CD, testing, and observability.
• Ensure compliance with SLA standards and contribute to the development of monitoring and alerting systems.
• Contribute to incident response and root cause analysis to improve system reliability.
• Draft architectural and design documentation to assist design options analysis and decision making.
• Evaluate emerging technologies from applicability to feasibility to adoption paths.
• Refactor and extend the existing codebase to fix defects and add features/functionality.
• Create systems that are durable and flexible by developing for change; favor configurability over customization.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 1 year in a technical leadership role.

• Strong portfolio of work showing experience developing secure and standards-compliant code across multiple platforms.
• Fluent in several of the following languages/platforms/libraries: C#, .NET, SQL, and hands‑on experience with cloud platforms (Azure native services such as APIM, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB and Key Vault), container technologies, and caching frameworks.
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design, OAuth2, and OpenAPI specifications.
• Familiarity with event‑driven (Service Bus, Event Hubs) and microservice based architecture patterns.
• Hands‑on experience with leveraging and implementing observability dashboards and platforms (Datadog, Grafana).
• Ability to handle a fast‑paced environment for iterative project turnarounds on mission & revenue critical, customer‑facing applications.
• Deep knowledge in Git, DevOps, Agile Scrum, and security best practices in financial services and compliance standards (PCI DSS, SOC 2).

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in fintech or embedded finance platforms.
• Familiarity with partner onboarding workflows and SLA management.
• Contributions to open‑source projects or technical publications.

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