VP - Lead Backend Engineer

About the role

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President / Principal Engineer to join our Digital Infrastructure and Software Engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support engineering capabilities that enable software teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable applications across cloud-native and distributed environments.
• Contribute to platform and application engineering across backend and full-stack environments, including API design, frontend architecture, and multi-service integration.
• Support Kubernetes-based platform development, infrastructure automation, and CI/CD pipelines to improve engineering productivity, resilience, and operational stability.
• Partner with Product Owners, stakeholders, and engineering teams to define technical solutions aligned to business objectives and mission-critical delivery needs.
• Help implement secure software delivery practices and controls aligned to enterprise and regulatory expectations, including performance, reliability, and operational excellence measures.
• Develop and support distributed applications, payment solutions, and engineering tooling across cloud-native and event-driven architectures.
• Enable engineering teams through technical leadership, documentation, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing that improve adoption of best practices and software quality standards.
• Support monitoring, alerting, observability, troubleshooting, and incident-response readiness for critical systems and platforms.
• Contribute to platform and tooling evaluation to improve developer experience, maintainability, throughput, and long-term scalability.
• Work with stakeholders across engineering, operations, and product teams to ensure timely and effective technical execution in fast-paced delivery environments.

Requirements

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Highly self-motivated and proactive.
• Strong focus on reliability, maintainability, and software quality.
• Able to work effectively in distributed teams and fast-paced environments.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Commitment to continuous learning and operational excellence.

Education

DEGREE, DIPLoma, OR EQUIVALENT PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, OR A RELATED TECHNICAL DISCIPLINE.

ADDITIONAL PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE, PLATFORM ENGINEERING, OR CLOUD-NATIVE SOFTWARE DELIVERY IS A PLUS.

Experience

• Strong experience in software engineering and platform engineering within high-performing technical teams.
• Experience building and supporting Kubernetes-based platforms and cloud-native engineering environments.
• Strong familiarity with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices using technologies such as Terraform, Docker, Helm, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, alerting, incident response, and operational support using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Kibana.
• Experience with distributed applications, backend engineering, event-driven systems, and software development tooling across full-stack environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across complex technical environments, including performance optimization and reliability improvement.
• Experience implementing secure deployment practices and supporting production-grade controls across financial services or similarly regulated environments.
• Experience supporting engineering enablement through guides, training, mentoring, and cross-team technical leadership.
• Familiarity with API design, frontend architecture, and software lifecycle management in enterprise-scale systems.
• Exposure to distributed financial infrastructure, blockchain-based platforms, multi-currency payments, or cross-network payment systems is a plus.
• Experience working across remote or cross-functional teams in delivery-focused engineering environments.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Pay

Compensation and benefits are competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The schedule is flexible and can accommodate remote work.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.