Lead Backend Engineer (High-Scale IoT Platform)

Our client is a leading technology company building a next-generation platform that powers real-time, device-integrated systems at scale. They are looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to own their backend architecture and drive the platform's next phase of growth.

This is a high-impact leadership role for someone passionate about system architecture, performance, and reliability in a high-traffic, IoT-driven environment.

What You'll Do

• Lead backend architecture and system & solution design
• Own end-to-end delivery of backend services
• Ensure high availability, scalability, performance and security
• Drive engineering best practices, code quality, and design reviews
• Improve database performance, indexing strategies, query efficiency, and overall cost optimization
• Lead production incident investigations and root cause analysis
• Design and implement event-driven and asynchronous systems
• Work closely with DevOps on deployment, monitoring, and reliability
• Balance speed of delivery with long-term scalability and maintainability
• Mentor engineers and drive technical initiatives across teams

What You'll Need

• Strong experience in Golang and building production systems; Beginner to Intermediate knowledge in Java is a plus
• Deep understanding of concurrency, memory profiling, and performance optimization
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and system-to-system integrations
• Strong SQL knowledge and experience with PostgreSQL or similar RDBMS
• Experience with event streaming systems (e.g., Kafka) and real-time communication protocol (e.g., WebSockets)
• Hands-on experience debugging production issues
• Familiarity with cloud-native deployments (Azure or AWS)
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong grasp of system design, scalability, and failure handling
• Experience working on high-traffic or real-time systems
• Prior experience mentoring engineers or leading technical initiatives

Good to Have

• Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or similar)
• Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Sentry or similar)
• Prior experience in large-scale IoT, connected devices, or smart infrastructure platforms
• Familiarity with device communication protocols and platform integrations
• Experience working with distributed or device-integrated systems
• Exposure to payment systems, billing workflows, or transaction-heavy platforms