Backend Engineer (Lead) ID48360

AgileEngine is an Inc. 5000 company that creates award-winning software for Fortune 500 brands and trailblazing startups across 17+ industries. We rank among the leaders in areas like application development and AI / ML, and our people-first culture has earned us multiple Best Place to Work awards.

WHY JOIN US

If you're looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we'd love to meet you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Lead Backend Developer (Go / Kotlin) , you will play a key role in modernizing a large-scale platform by shaping cloud-native services that support millions of users.

This role focuses on building resilient backend foundations, influencing architectural decisions, and driving long-term technical evolution.

You’ll work in a product-oriented, ownership-driven environment that values clean design, autonomy, and continuous improvement.

It’s a strong opportunity to grow while contributing to meaningful, high-impact systems.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Design and develop scalable microservices using Golang for transactional systems and / or Kotlin for Backend-for-Frontends (BFF);
• Take ownership of infrastructure provisioning using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code);
• Migrate data and logic from a legacy PHP monolith to Cloud SQL / Spanner;
• Collaborate with mobile engineers to define API schemas and requirements;
• Ensure high performance and reliability of services deployed to Cloud Run / GKE;
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code.

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