We’re building scalable, data-driven product systems and looking for a Lead Software Developer with strong engineering skills and a track record of designing and delivering complex, production-grade systems. You’ll lead the design and delivery of critical product components, collaborate closely with technical leads and senior stakeholders, and play a key role in driving technical quality, scalability, and engineering standards across a core product area.
Overview
- Own critical components end-to-end and deliver measurable improvements in system quality, scalability, and reliability. You operate independently, drive design decisions, and elevate engineering standards through technical leadership and mentorship.
What you’ll do
- Design, build, and scale new features for REST APIs and large‑scale data processing pipelines that handle high-volume datasets across distributed systems.
- Architect and optimize backend services for high throughput and low‑latency performance.
- Develop data-intensive and event-driven applications using Python, Typescript, C#, and AWS-native services.
- Improve system performance, reliability, and scalability across microservices and cloud infrastructure.
- Partner with senior engineers, architects, DevOps, and QA throughout the full development lifecycle.
- Mentor developers, guide code reviews, and raise engineering quality standards.
Engineering Expectations
- Strong system design skills with the ability to break down ambiguous problems into scalable technical solutions.
- Ability to evaluate new technologies, tools, and approaches, and recommend solutions based on trade-offs, impact, and ROI.
- Build systems that are secure, reliable, and compliant by design, partnering with cross-functional teams when needed.
- Drive technical alignment across teams and contribute to improving engineering standards and processes.
How we work
- We balance exploration with delivery — test ideas quickly, then productionize what works.
- “Done” means quality goals are met, followed by continuous improvement in scalability, performance, and reliability.
- The team owns systems end-to-end (build, release, reliability).
Required Skills & Knowledge
- 6+ years of backend or full-stack engineering experience with a strong backend focus.
- 3+ years working with Typescript / Node.js / C#.
- Advanced experience with AWS (EC2, EKS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, Step Functions, etc.).
- Proven experience working with large datasets, distributed computing, and batch or stream processing using Spark, Dask, EMR, Glue, Kafka, etc.
- Solid understanding of system design, distributed systems, scalability patterns, and cloud architecture.
Desired (nice to have)
- Experience building data-driven or ML-enabled systems
- Familiarity with experimentation frameworks, A/B testing, or performance optimization
- Experience with event-driven architectures, streaming systems, or large-scale data processing
- Exposure to modern AI tools or integrations (not required)
- Contributions to open source, technical blogs, or conference talks
Education
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Benefits
- Innovate with Purpose: Build impactful solutions for customers worldwide.
- Join Excellence: Work in a diverse, collaborative, and innovative team.
- Shape the Future: Lead in redefining revenue optimization.
- Grow Together: Unlock your potential in a supportive environment.
Varicent is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process please email .
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