Lead Software Engineer (Backend)

About the role

- Own critical components end-to-end and deliver measurable improvements in system quality, scalability, and reliability. You operate independently, drive design decisions, and elevate engineering standards through technical leadership and mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery for significant features or systems: clarify requirements, design solutions, execute, ship, and iterate. - Design and build scalable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines that support core product functionality. - Drive system design decisions, balancing scalability, performance, reliability, and cost. - Define how quality is measured for your area (success metrics, testing strategy, observability) and automate it wherever possible. - Lead structured experimentation: define hypotheses, evaluate results, and translate insights into product and system improvements. - Improve operational readiness: deployment automation, monitoring/alerting, incident response, and performance optimization. - Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on technical guidance. - Influence engineering best practices, architecture decisions, and long-term technical direction.
• Engineering Expectations
• Strong system design skills with the ability to break down ambiguous problems into scalable technical solutions. - Ability to evaluate new technologies, tools, and approaches, and recommend solutions based on trade-offs, impact, and ROI. - Builds systems that are secure, reliable, and compliant by design, partnering with cross-functional teams when needed. - Drives technical alignment across teams and contributes to improving engineering standards and processes.
• How we work
• We balance exploration with delivery - test ideas quickly, then productionize what works. - "Done" means quality goals are met, followed by continuous improvement in scalability, performance, and reliability. - The team owns systems end-to-end (build, release, reliability).
• Years of experience
• Overall: 6+ years in software engineering - Relevant: 3+ years building and shipping production systems in product teams - Technical (hands-on coding): 5+ years
• Required skills & knowledge
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and advanced system design experience - Hands-on coding in Python and/or TypeScript (or similar), building APIs, services, and data pipelines - Experience designing and scaling distributed systems in production environments - Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), CI/CD, automated testing, and observability - Proven ability to own systems end-to-end, from design through production and iteration - Experience working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with evolving requirements - Strong experimentation mindset: define metrics, build evaluation approaches, and iterate quickly
• Desired (nice to have)
• Experience building data-driven or ML-enabled systems - Familiarity with experimentation frameworks, A/B testing, or performance optimization - Experience with event-driven architectures, streaming systems, or large-scale data processing - Exposure to modern AI tools or integrations (not required) - Contributions to open source, technical blogs, or conference talks
• Education
• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Varicent is committed to creati

Additional Information

At Varicent, we're not just transforming the Sales Performance Management (SPM) market-we're redefining how organizations achieve revenue success. Our cutting-edge SaaS solutions empower revenue leaders globally to design smarter go-to-market strategies, maximize seller performance, and unlock untapped potential. Varicent stands at the forefront of innovation, celebrated as a market leader in the 2025 Forrester Wave Report for SPM , 2023 Ventana Research Revenue Performance Management (RPM) Value Index , Gartner Peer Insights , 2024 Gartner SPM Market Guide , and G2. Our solutions are trusted by a diverse range of global industry leaders like T-Mobile, ServiceNow, Wawanesa Bank, Shaw Industries, Moody's, Stryker and hundreds more. Here's why you'll thrive at Varicent: Innovate with Purpose: Build impactful solutions for customers worldwide. Join Excellence: Work in a diverse, collaborative, and innovative team. Shape the Future: Lead in redefining revenue optimization. Grow Together: Unlock your potential in a supportive environment. Join us at Varicent-where your talent and ambition meet limitless opportunities for success! Job Description We're building scalable, data-driven product systems and looking for a Lead Software Developer with strong engineering skills and a track record of designing and delivering complex, production-grade systems. You'll lead the design and delivery of critical product components, collaborate closely with technical leads and senior stakeholders, and play a key role in driving technical quality, scalability, and engineering standards across a core product area.

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