Lead Backend Architect

1 week ago

Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus Intec Select Full time

Lead Backend Architect – Financial Services

Overview

I am currently looking for a Lead Backend Architect to join my client who are a global financial services organisation and social network for investors. You will lead the design and evolution of our client's backend systems, development processes, and infrastructure strategy. This is a key leadership role focused on delivering scalable, resilient, and high-performing solutions while fostering strong collaboration across engineering, DevOps, and monitoring teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and oversee the end-to-end software development lifecycle (SDLC)
  • Establish and refine engineering standards, including coding, reviewing, and testing practices
  • Lead efforts to implement robust automated testing (unit, integration, E2E)
  • Collaborate with DevOps to optimize CI/CD workflows and release pipelines
  • Design high-load, fault-tolerant, and highly available systems
  • Apply modern architectural patterns such as microservices and event-driven architecture
  • Ensure scalability, maintainability, and performance of backend services
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive architectural documentation
  • Conduct architecture reviews, technical audits, and drive adoption of best practices
  • Partner with infrastructure teams to ensure system reliability and operational efficiency
  • Integrate monitoring and logging solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
  • Define strategies for disaster recovery, scaling, and infrastructure resilience
  • Improve observability by enhancing visibility into performance and error metrics

Skills and Experience Required

  • 10+ years of backend development experience, including 5+ years in an architectural or engineering leadership role
  • Proven experience designing and scaling high-load, distributed systems
  • Deep understanding of microservices, service orchestration, and API communication (REST, gRPC)
  • Expertise with SQL and NoSQL databases, including performance tuning and optimization
  • Experience with Golang development
  • Strong background in automated testing methodologies and tools
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and DevOps collaboration
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strategic mindset
  • Experience maintaining architectural documentation and leading technical reviews

Package

  • Competitive salary
  • Discretionary Bonus
  • Flexible and hybrid working options (office based in Limassol)
  • Option to work abroad with excellent relocation package

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