Technical Lead – Backend Platform & Data Pipelines

Brooksource; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Brooksource seeks a Technical Lead to provide architectural leadership for backend platform services, data-driven systems, and integrations. The role collaborates with senior back-end engineers, data engineers, product managers, and platform teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions aligned with long-term strategy.

The Technical Lead is a hands-on senior engineer who sets direction, drives design decisions, and remains actively involved in implementation, reviews, and operations

Qualifications

• Hands-on senior engineer with strong backend experience.
• Experience leading architecture and technical decisions for platform services.
• Experience with Python, AWS services, and data tooling.
• Ability to design scalable, reliable, and secure systems.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the technical architecture for platform services and data pipelines.
• Define reference architectures and platform standards.
• Lead design reviews and ensure scalability, reliability, and security.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

AWS

Data pipelines

System architecture

DevOps

Tools

Terraform

Kafka

AWS Lambda

ECS Fargate

AWS Glue

PySpark

Job description

Brooksource seeks a Technical Lead to provide architectural leadership for backend platform services, data-driven systems, and integrations. The role collaborates with senior back-end engineers, data engineers, product managers, and platform teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions aligned with long-term strategy.

The Technical Lead is a hands-on senior engineer who sets direction, drives design decisions, and remains actively involved in implementation, reviews, and operations