Lead Engineer

Job Summary

VSA 9 - Staff software engineer (backend) role overview: We are seeking a Senior Staff Backend Engineer to provide technical leadership and drive the architecture of a high-load backend monolith. You will define standards, guide teams, and make critical design decisions across backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture design for high-load monolithic backend systems
• Define best practices for C# / .NET, API design, performance, and security
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices, including use of coding agents for development and testing
• Define guidelines for safe and effective use of AI-generated code
• Oversee development of REST and SOAP services
• Drive performance tuning and scalability within a monolithic architecture
• Mentor engineers in both core engineering and AI-assisted development practices
• Review system design, code, and database architecture
• Own system reliability, scalability, and resilience
• Partner with product and engineering leadership on technical strategy
• Lead incident analysis and long-term improvements

Requirements

• Deep expertise in C# / .NET ecosystem
• Proven experience working with high-load systems
• Strong knowledge of: REST API design (scalability, versioning, security)
• SOAP / legacy integrations
• Advanced experience with MSSQL: Performance tuning at scale
• Transaction optimization
• Blocking, locking, and concurrency handling
• Strong experience designing and evolving large monolithic systems
• Expertise in performance optimization, concurrency, and fault tolerance
• Deep understanding of application security, including: TLS/SSL, secure communication, certificate handling
• Secure coding practices
• Common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10)
• Threat modeling and mitigation strategies
• Experience identifying and preventing vulnerabilities (injection, auth flaws, data leaks, etc.)
• Strong experience using and evaluating AI development tools and agents: Generating production-quality code and tests
• Reviewing and governing AI output
• Establishing best practices for team adoption
• Strong leadership and mentorship skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with C++
• Experience with Classic ASP and ASP.NET (including legacy systems modernization)
• Experience with Azure Event-driven patterns (within monolith context)
• Observability (logging, tracing, metrics)
• Experience modernizing legacy SOAP/ASP systems

Leadership Expectations

• Set technical direction across teams
• Raise engineering standards and practices (including AI usage)
• Introduce and scale AI-assisted development workflows
• Influence architecture decisions
• Ensure long-term scalability, maintainability, and security

Mandatory Skills

• C# / .NET
• REST API Design & Development
• SOAP
• MSSQL
• Deep understanding of Security - OpenSSL / TLS/SSL, Certificates, Vulnerabilities
• AI Tool Experience for Coding, Debugging and Test Generation
• 8+ Years of experience in backend engineering

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