VP - Lead Backend Engineer

Location: New York

# VP - Lead Backend Engineer Apply
** Job#: 3041403
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* Job Description:

** VP - Lead Backend Engineer We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President / Principal Engineer to join our Digital Infrastructure and Software Engineering  this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

You will help design, build, and improve secure, resilient engineering platforms and software solutions that support modern delivery, mission-critical business services, and distributed financial infrastructure.
· Design, build, and support engineering capabilities that enable software teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable applications across cloud-native and distributed environments.
· Contribute to platform and application engineering across backend and full-stack environments, including API design, frontend architecture, and multi-service integration.
· Support Kubernetes-based platform development, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD pipelines to improve engineering productivity, resilience, and operational stability.
· Partner with Product Owners, stakeholders, and engineering teams to define technical solutions aligned to business objectives and mission-critical delivery needs.
· Help implement secure software delivery practices and controls aligned to enterprise and regulatory expectations, including performance, reliability, and operational excellence measures.
· Develop and support distributed applications, payment solutions, and engineering tooling across cloud-native and event-driven architectures.
· Enable engineering teams through technical leadership, documentation, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing that improve adoption of best practices and software quality standards.
· Support monitoring, alerting, observability, troubleshooting, and incident-response readiness for critical systems and platforms.
· Contribute to platform and tooling evaluation to improve developer experience, maintainability, throughput, and long-term scalability.
· Work with stakeholders across engineering, operations, and product teams to ensure timely and effective technical execution in fast-paced delivery environments.

Additional Requirements
· Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
· Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
· Highly self-motivated and proactive.
· Strong focus on reliability, maintainability, and software quality.
· Ability to work effectively in distributed teams and fast-paced environments.
· Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
· Commitment to continuous learning and operational excellence.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

EDUCATION
· Degree, diploma, or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
· Additional practical experience in enterprise architecture, platform engineering, or cloud-native software delivery is a plus.

EXPERIENCE
· Strong experience in software engineering and platform engineering within high-performing technical teams.
· Experience building and supporting Kubernetes-based platforms and cloud-native engineering environments.
· Strong familiarity with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and modern Dev Ops practices using technologies such as Terraform, Docker, Helm, ArgoCD, Git Hub Actions, and Jenkins.
· Experience with observability, monitoring, alerting, incident response, and operational support using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Kibana.
· Experience with distributed applications, backend engineering, event-driven systems, and software development tooling across full-stack environments.
· Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across complex technical environments, including performance optimization and reliability improvement.
· Experience implementing secure deployment practices and supporting production-grade controls across financial services or similarly regulated environments.
· Experience supporting engineering enablement through guides, training, mentoring, and cross-team technical leadership.
· Familiarity with API design, frontend architecture, and software lifecycle management in enterprise-scale…