We are looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to drive the design and delivery of high-performance backend systems.
In this role, you will lead a team of engineers, provide technical direction, and work closely with architects and cross-functional stakeholders to build scalable microservices. You should be equally strong in hands-on coding and technical leadership, ensuring engineering excellence and best practices.
Responsibilities
- Lead backend technical design, guide implementation best practices, and ensure scalability and performance
- Collaborate closely with stakeholders (Product, Architects, DevOps, QA) to provide technical direction and challenge requirements where needed
- Mentor and support a team of backend engineers, conduct code reviews and uplift engineering standards
- Drive event-driven architecture adoption and ensure seamless integrations via Kafka/Event Hub
- Ensure clean CI/CD practices, observability and production readiness of backend services
Requirements
- Strong hands-on expertise in Kotlin or Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices architecture
- Proven experience designing and implementing event-driven systems using Kafka / Event Hub / similar
- Solid experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and performance optimization
- Previously operated in a cloud-native environment (Azure/AWS/GCP)
- Experience leading or mentoring developers while remaining a strong hands-on contributor
- Confident in stakeholder discussions, able to propose technical approaches and justify engineering decisions
Nice to have
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps collaboration
- Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry)
- Experience improving code quality culture (clean code, automated testing standards, guild leadership)
We offer/Benefits
- By choosing EPAM, you're getting a job at one of the most loved workplaces according to Newsweek 2021 & 2022&2023.
- Employee ideas are the main driver of our business. We have a very supportive environment where your voice matters
- You will be challenged while working side-by-side with the best talent globally. We work with top-notch technologies, constantly seeking new industry trends and best practices
- We offer a transparent career path and an individual roadmap to engineer your future & accelerate your journey
- At EPAM, you can find vast opportunities for self-development: online courses and libraries, mentoring programs, partial grants of certification, and experience exchange with colleagues around the world. You will learn, contribute, and grow with us
Life at EPAM
- EPAM is a leader in the fastest-growing segment (product development/digital platform engineering) of the IT industry. We acquired Just-BI in 2021 to reinforce our leading position as a global Business Intelligence services provider and have been growing rapidly. With a talented multinational team, we provide data and analytics expertise
- We are currently involved in end-to-end BI design and implementation projects in major national and international companies. We are proud of our entrepreneurial start-up culture and are focused on investing in people by creating continuous learning and development opportunities for our employees who deliver engineering excellence for our clients
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