Lead Software Engineer BaaS Team

Winmax Systems

Pasadena, CA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$80–$85 Per Hour
SKILLS
Agile Programming Methodologies, Application Programming Interface (API), Architectural Services, Backend as a Service (BaaS), Best Practices, C Programming Libraries, Caching, Cloud Computing, Code Reviews, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Documentation, Ecosystems, Embedded Systems, Emerging Technology, Finance, Financial Services, Git, Hubs, Incident Response, Leadership, Maintain Compliance, Mentoring, Microservices, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft C# (C Sharp), Microsoft Windows Azure, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, OAuth, Onboarding, Open Source, Options Analysis, PCI-DSS, REST (Representational State Transfer), Refactoring, Regulatory Compliance, Reliability Engineering, Reporting Dashboards, Requirements Management, Root Cause Analysis, SQL (Structured Query Language), SQL Databases, Scalable System Development, Scrum Project Management and Software Development, Service Level Agreement (SLA), Software Engineering, Standards Development, Systems Reliability, Technical Delivery, Technical Leadership, Technical Publications, Technical Strategy, Technology Analysis, Testing
LOCATION
Pasadena, CA
POSTED
Today
Lead Software Engineer BaaS Team

Location:Los Angeles, CA

Contract: 4 Months

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Software Engineer to join our BaaS team, supporting 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 Responsibilities
  • 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.
Skills/Experience:
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 Rate: $80-85/hr,W2

About the Company

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Winmax Systems

WinMax provides Business and IT Consulting Services to Fortune companies in the Bay Area and around the world. For the past 12+ years, we have been providing several Fortune companies with project resources, managed services, custom development solutions. Learn more at www.winmaxcorp.com.

COMPANY SIZE
20 to 49 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
WEBSITE
http://winmaxcorp.com