Serv Recruitment · 16 hours ago
Lead Back- End Developer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expServ Recruitment is hiring on behalf of Take Profit Trader, a high-growth proprietary trading firm. The Lead Back End Developer will define the backend technical direction, lead and mentor backend engineers, and contribute to designing and building services for reliable, scalable systems.
Staffing & Recruiting
Hiring Manager
Jackie Serviss
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers, providing technical guidance and coaching
Own backend architecture and service design across the platform
Design, develop, and maintain services using .NET Core / ASP.NET Core
Build and evolve microservices-based architectures with clear boundaries and contracts
Design and manage SQL-based data models and work extensively with relational databases
Use Entity Framework and related ORM tools effectively
Implement event-driven and pub/sub patterns using Kafka or similar messaging systems
Build resilient, scalable services deployed on AWS or equivalent cloud platforms
Review code, enforce standards, and ensure best practices around performance, security, and reliability
Maintain a strong test-driven development mindset using xUnit, NUnit, or similar
Collaborate with product and frontend teams on system design and integration
Stay hands-on with development while leading architecture and delivery
Qualification
Required
7+ years of professional backend development experience
Strong hands-on experience with .NET Core / ASP.NET Core
Solid experience with SQL databases and data modeling
Strong understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems
Experience with Kafka or similar messaging/pub-sub systems
Hands-on experience with Entity Framework or equivalent ORMs
Experience deploying and operating services on AWS or similar cloud platforms
Experience leading teams, mentoring engineers, and performing code reviews
Strong understanding of performance, scalability, and fault tolerance
Preferred
Experience building fintech, trading, or high-throughput systems
Experience with background processing, retries, and idempotency patterns
Familiarity with observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing)
Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
Company
Serv Recruitment
Serv Recruitment Agency is an Executive Search Firm helping growth organizations find top talent in the market.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase