Lead Software Engineer BaaS Team

Remote Our client seeks a Lead Software Engineer for the BaaS team to support partner onboarding and platform enhancements. The role focuses on building scalable, secure, and high-performance systems that enable embedded financial services. The position requires strong back-end C# development, Azure expertise, and comfort working across development and QA functions in an external partner-facing environment. 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 $75.00/hr. w2 JN -052026-106955 Responsibilities Lead the design and development of APIs and microservices that support BaaS onboarding and partner integration.Collaborate with product managers, architects, and 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 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 and create decision documentation.Evaluate and champion adoption of emerging technologies.Refactor and extend the existing codebase to fix defects and add features.Build durable and flexible systems that favor configurability over customization. Experience Requirements 7+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role.Back-end C# and .NET development experience.Hands-on experience with Azure native services such as API Management, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Key Vault.Experience with container technologies and caching frameworks.Deep understanding of RESTful API design, OAuth2, and OpenAPI.Familiarity with event-driven and microservice architectures including Service Bus and Event Hubs.Experience implementing observability dashboards and platforms such as Datadog or Grafana.Proficiency with Git, DevOps, Agile Scrum, and security best practices including PCI DSS and SOC 2.Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment for iterative project turnarounds on customer-facing applications.Preferred: Prior experience in fintech or embedded finance platforms, familiarity with partner onboarding workflows and SLA management, and contributions to open-source projects or publications.