Lead Backend Software Engineer

JOB SUMMARY Seeking a Software Developer V with a strong backend focus to design and review services and REST APIs. This role involves leading the orchestration of multiple upstream services, guiding the team on scalable and stateless service design, and defining API contracts, error handling, and resiliency patterns. The developer will support team members with design decisions and troubleshooting, and partner with Business Analysts to translate business rules into technical solutions, ensuring code quality, standards, and timely delivery.

Key Responsibilities Design and review backend services and REST APIs

Lead orchestration of multiple upstream services (rates, adjustments, customer attributes)

Guide team on scalable, stateless service design

Define API contracts, error handling, and resiliency patterns

Support developers with design decisions and troubleshooting

Partner with BA on translating business rules into technical solutions

Ensure code quality, standards, and delivery timelines

Required Qualifications 10+ years backend development experience with Java / Spring Boot or similar

Strong expertise in designing and building RESTful APIs and service orchestration layers

Hands-on experience with distributed systems integration (multiple upstream systems/APIs)

Experience designing stateless services and scalable backend architectures

Strong understanding of error handling, resiliency, and API contracts

10+ years of experience

Ability to handle designing a centralized pricing orchestration layer across multiple systems

Ability to handle ensuring high performance for synchronous API-based pricing requests

Ability to handle complex pricing logic (multiple inputs, rules, constraints)

Ability to handle supporting both batch processing and real-time API consumers

Ability to handle maintaining consistency and reliability across integrations

Preferred Qualifications Experience building or integrating pricing engines / financial calculation services

Knowledge of banking systems (rates, lending, or product services)

Familiarity with batch systems or hybrid batch + real-time architectures

Experience with observability (logging, tracing, monitoring)

Exposure to rules engines or complex business logic orchestration

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