Backend Engineer / Core Lead - Financial Systems

Arkhyatech — United States · Posted ~1 hour ago

Lead Full-time Hybrid

Skills

Java Spring Boot microservices REST APIs event-driven architecture SQL backend development Microservices Kafka

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A technical leadership role building secure and scalable backend services for financial technology platforms. Requires strong experience with enterprise systems, distributed architectures, and transaction processing.

Highlights

Lead backend engineering for high-impact financial platforms. Work with modern architectures, scalable services, and complex transaction workflows.

Description

Role : Backend Engineer / Core Lead - BFSI Cloud & Payments Platform Location : Charlotte, NC (Hybrid) Exp:12 + Exp Role Summary We are seeking an experienced Backend Engineer / Core Lead to design, develop, and lead the implementation of core backend services supporting transaction tracing, investigation workflows, event processing, orchestration, and observability for Banking and Financial Services (BFSI) platforms. This role requires strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Event-Driven Architectures, API development, and transaction processing systems. The candidate will serve as the technical lead for backend engineering, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performance platform services. Must Have :: Banking and Finance Domain Required Qualifications Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.7+ years of experience in backend application development and enterprise software engineering.Strong hands-on expertise with:Java 11+Spring BootMicroservices ArchitectureREST APIsKafkaEvent-Driven ArchitectureSQL and NoSQL DatabasesExperience designing and developing high-performance backend systems.Strong understanding of distributed systems and transaction processing.Experience with CI/CD, containerization, and cloud-native development.Strong debugging, performance tuning, and problem-solving skills.Experience working in Agile development environments. Technical & Domain Knowledge Knowledge Area Expected Capability Java Development Java 11+, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud APIs REST, OpenAPI, API Gateway Microservices Distributed Systems, Service Communication Security OAuth2, SSO, JWT, RBAC Messaging Kafka, Event-Driven Architectures Databases SQL, NoSQL, MongoDB Integration APIs, Messaging, Service Orchestration Observability Monitoring, Logging, Tracing, Alerting Cloud Platforms GCP DevOps CI/CD, Containers Transaction Processing ATM, Payments, Reconciliation, Correlation Preferred Qualifications Banking and Financial Services domain experience.Experience with ATM transaction processing and investigation systems.Knowledge of ISO 8583, ACH, RTP, SWIFT, and ISO 20022 standards.Experience with Neo4j or Graph Database technologies.Familiarity with real-time event processing platforms.Experience building large-scale, high-availability transaction systems.Exposure to observability and transaction monitoring solutions.Cloud certifications in Azure, AWS, or GCP preferred.