Lead Software Engineer
Eliassen GroupAbout the role
Description
Hybrid Fully Remote until West LA office opens - then 3x a week onsite in Los Angeles, CA
Our client is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Software Engineer to join their 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.
This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $65.00 to $70.00/hr. w2
JN -082026-108363
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 the 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 and functionality.
Create systems that are durable and flexible by developing for change and favoring configurability over customization.
Experience Requirements
7+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role.
Strong portfolio demonstrating secure and standards-compliant code across multiple platforms.
Fluency with several of the following: C#, .NET, SQL, Azure native services (APIM, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Key Vault), containers, and caching frameworks.
Deep understanding of RESTful API design, OAuth2, and OpenAPI specifications.
Familiarity with event-driven and microservice architecture patterns (Service Bus, Event Hubs).
Hands-on experience implementing observability dashboards and platforms (Datadog, Grafana).
Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment delivering iterative project turnarounds for mission and revenue critical, customer-facing applications.
Deep knowledge of Git, DevOps, Agile Scrum, and security best practices in financial services and compliance standards (PCI DSS, SOC 2).
Ability to work in the U.S. without sponsorship and to meet the stated location requirement.
Education Requirements
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 the BaaS platform.
- Champion emerging technologies evaluation and adoption.
- Refactor and extend the existing codebase to fix defects and add features and functionality.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating secure and standards-compliant code across multiple platforms.
- Fluency with C#, .NET, SQL, Azure native services, containers, and caching frameworks.
- Deep understanding of RESTful API design, OAuth2, and OpenAPI specifications.
- Familiarity with event-driven and microservice architecture patterns.
- Hands-on experience implementing observability dashboards and platforms.
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment delivering iterative project turnarounds.
- Deep knowledge of Git, DevOps, Agile Scrum, and security best practices in financial services.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
- 401k with company matching
- Life insurance
Skills mentioned
About Eliassen Group
Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations achieve more through technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities — including AI — to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve. Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate based on race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, sex (including pregnancy and childbirth), disability, veteran status, age, national origin, citizenship status, or any other status protected by law. If you are contacted about an open position with Eliassen Group, please confirm you are working directly with us. All email communication will come from an @eliassen.com address (never Gmail, Yahoo, etc.), and Eliassen Group will never request personal information until you have worked directly with someone clearly affiliated with Eliassen Group. If you suspect fraudulent activity, contact fraud[at]eliassen.com Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices and uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools during application screening and hiring. You may receive email or SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (noreply@eliassen.com, 781 808 2924). All AI‑assisted evaluations are reviewed by human recruiters, and measures are taken to support fairness, consistency, and prevent bias or discrimination. By proceeding, you consent to the use of these tools. Skills, experience, and other compensable factors are considered when determining pay. Posted pay ranges reflect a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available.