Lead Backend Engineer

Full time | AgileEngine | United States

Posted On 01/27/2026

Job Information

City Baltimore

State/Province Maryland

21201

IT Services

Job Description

Join us and earn 2500 USD sign-on bonus

AgileEngine is an Inc. 5000 company that creates award-winning software for Fortune 500 brands and trailblazing startups across 17+ industries. We rank among the leaders in areas like application development and AI/ML, and our people-first culture has earned us multiple Best Place to Work awards.

WHY JOIN US

If you're looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we'd love to meet you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Lead Backend Developer (Go/Kotlin), you will play a key role in modernizing a large-scale platform by shaping cloud-native services that support millions of users.

This role focuses on building resilient backend foundations, influencing architectural decisions, and driving long-term technical evolution.

You’ll work in a product-oriented, ownership-driven environment that values clean design, autonomy, and continuous improvement.

It’s a strong opportunity to grow while contributing to meaningful, high-impact systems.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Design and develop scalable microservices using Golang for transactional systems and/or Kotlin for Backend-for-Frontends (BFF)
• Take ownership of infrastructure provisioning using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• Migrate data and logic from a legacy PHP monolith to Cloud SQL/Spanner
• Collaborate with mobile engineers to define API schemas and requirements
• Ensure high performance and reliability of services deployed to Cloud Run/GKE
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code

MUST HAVES

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of backend software development experience
• Strong proficiency in Go (Golang) and/or Kotlin (server-side)
• Hands‑on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery)
• Experience with Terraform or similar IaC tools
• Solid understanding of Microservices architecture and distributed systems
• Experience with relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases

NICE TO HAVES

• Ability to read and understand PHP
• Experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers
• Experience with Event-Driven Architecture

PERKS AND BENEFITS

• Professional growth: Mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps
• Competitive compensation: USD-based pay with education, fitness, and team activity budgets
• Exciting projects: Modern solutions with Fortune 500 and top product companies
• Flextime: Flexible schedule with remote and office options

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the US (i.e. Green card holders, TN visa holders, GC EAD, H4 EAD, U4U with EAD). We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.