Team Lead – Back End Engineering

Software Mind

Lead Backend Engineering team at Software Mind, focusing on core systems of sophisticated AI product. Oversee delivery quality and architectural decisions as well as collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeRemote • 🇦🇷 ArgentinaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ASP.NETAWSDockerDynamoDBMicroservices.NETPostgres

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers (3–6 engineers), setting technical direction and ensuring consistent delivery quality
Own sprint planning, backlog refinement, and capacity management in Jira in close coordination with the client's Product and Delivery teams
Drive architectural decisions across core backend services: Identity & Auth, Order Management, Pricing, Inventory, Catalog, and Notifications
Define and enforce engineering standards: code reviews, branching strategy, CI/CD pipelines, and testing coverage (xUnit, BDD/Reqnroll)
Partner with the client's Project Manager and architects to align technical scope with POC, MVP, and full-launch phase boundaries
Coordinate with the Shopify/Hydrogen front-end team and third-party vendors to ensure clean API contracts and integration points
Navigate brownfield complexity — assess existing legacy systems, support migration planning, and ensure backward compatibility where required
Proactively identify, surface, and mitigate delivery risks, dependencies, and blockers
Participate in client-facing stand-ups, sprint reviews, and technical design sessions
Ensure environment parity and observability across Dev, QA, Integration, Staging, and Production (AWS-hosted)

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of professional backend development
Strong proficiency in C# / .NET (ASP.NET Core Web API, .NET 8) and clean architecture principles (DDD, CQRS)
Hands-on experience designing and building RESTful microservices at scale
Solid understanding of multi-tenant SaaS architecture patterns
Experience with AWS services: Lambda, SQS/EventBridge, S3, RDS/PostgreSQL or DynamoDB
Familiarity with Identity & Auth patterns: JWT, OAuth 2.0, OIDC; experience with Keycloak or similar identity providers
Experience working in brownfield environments — assessing and integrating with existing systems
Experience with containerisation (Docker) and CI/CD pipeline management (Bitbucket Pipelines or equivalent)
Strong team facilitation skills: sprint ceremonies, code reviews, cross-vendor alignment
Excellent communication in English — written and spoken — for daily client interaction
Experience in retail, e-commerce, or B2B commerce domains — understanding of order lifecycle, pricing models, inventory management, and multi-channel fulfilment
Familiarity with headless or composable commerce architectures and front-end/backend API contract patterns
Experience with marketplace integrations (Amazon SP-API, Walmart Marketplace API)
Background in promotional products, print-on-demand, or B2B e-commerce
Experience working in distributed, multi-vendor delivery models

Benefits

Comp & perks

Educational resources
Flexible schedule and Work From Anywhere
Referral Program
Supportive and chill atmosphere

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Hard Skills & Tools

C#.NETASP.NET Core Web API.NET 8RESTful microservicesmulti-tenant SaaS architectureAWS LambdaAWS SQS/EventBridgeAWS S3AWS RDS/PostgreSQL

Soft Skills

team facilitationcommunicationmentoringrisk mitigationcollaboration