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Lead Backend Engineer

European Economic Area · Job Posted April 16, 2026
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We’re looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to join a fast-growing private equity and private credit platform. This is a hands-on role designing and building backend services, APIs, and automation on Azure, supporting production systems used in investment and quantitative workflows.

Job Responsibility

  • Build and maintain APIs and backend services in Python and FastAPI
  • Develop and improve deployment pipelines, automation, and monitoring
  • Support trading and investment systems used by quant and private equity teams
  • Take ownership of production systems, ensuring they run smoothly

Requirements

  • Strong experience in Python and FastAPI
  • Hands-on with Azure cloud services and infrastructure
  • Background in investment or quantitative systems
  • Comfortable owning and troubleshooting production-grade systems

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