Lead Software Engineer

Position Type: Long-term Contract)

Job Title: Lead Software Engineer - BaaS Team

Job ID: GD-580Location: West Los Angeles CA

Work Authorization: Need Visa Independent candidates only, as the Client is unable to sponsor during conversion to FTEPay

Range: $65-75/hr

Expected Work Mode: This position is classified as structured hybrid, requiring a minimum of three (3) days per week in the office, with flexibility to work remotely on the remaining days (office is in West Los Angeles). On-site expectations may evolve over time to support business needs, with clear communication provided in advance. (The role will start remotely until the LA office location is identified later this year, after which the resource will be onsite 2-3 days a week)Role OverviewWe are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Software Engineer to join our BaaS Team to support partner onboarding and BaaS platform enhancement initiatives. This role will be instrumental in building and supporting scalable, secure, and high-performance systems that enable embedded financial services across our partner ecosystem.Key Responibilities:

• Lead the design and development of APIs and microservices that support BaaS onboarding and partner integration.

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineering teams to define technical requirements and deliver robust solutions.

• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, and best practices in CI/CD, testing, and observability.

• Ensure compliance with SLA standards and contribute to the development of monitoring and alerting systems.

• Lead incident response and root cause analysis to improve system reliability.

• Drive architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy for BaaS platform, including generating documentation around architectural and design options analysis and decisions.

• Champion emerging technologies evaluation and adoption.

• Refactor and extend the existing codebase to fix defects and add features/functionality

• Create systems that are durable and flexible by developing for change favor configurability over customization.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role.

• Strong portfolio of work showing experience developing secure and standards-compliant code across multiple platforms.

• Fluent in several of the following languages/platforms/libraries: C#, .NET, SQL, and hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure native services such as APIM, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB and Key Vault), container technologies, and caching frameworks.

• Deep understanding of RESTful API design, OAuth2, and OpenAPI specifications.

• Familiarity with event-driven (Service Bus, Event Hubs) and microservice based architecture patterns.

• Hands-on experience with leveraging and implementing observability dashboards and platforms (Datadog, Grafana).

• Ability to handle a fast-paced environment for iterative project turnarounds on mission & revenue critical, customer-facing applications

• Deep knowledge in Git, DevOps, Agile Scrum, and security best practices in financial services and compliance standards (PCI DSS, SOC 2).

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in fintech or embedded finance platforms.

• Familiarity with partner onboarding workflows and SLA management.

• Contributions to open-source projects or technical publications.

Pay: $65.00 - $75.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

• US CITIZEN ARE ELIGIBLE

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role. NET/AZURE/ Baas

Work Location: Hybrid remote in West Los Angeles, CA 90025