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**Job Title:** Backend Tech Lead (Remote, Contract)
**Company:** INFUSE
**Location:** Georgia (Remote)
**Description:**
INFUSE is seeking a “build and lead by doing” Backend Tech Lead. You will define architecture and standards, deliver features end-to-end, and consistently raise the bar for reliability, security, and delivery speed.
**Responsibilities:**
* **Reliability, Security & Ops:**
* Harden CI/CD (GitHub Actions or Jenkins); build/test containers and deploy via Helm to AWS (EKS or ECS).
* Add lightweight bot protection: rate limits, IP allowlists, and abuse detection hooks.
* Observability: monitor latency/error budgets via CloudWatch + Grafana, structured logging, tracing where needed.
* Performance tuning: DB indexes, caching strategy, queue throughput, API response times.
* **Tech Lead Responsibilities:**
* Own architecture decisions and keep them pragmatic: “simple first, scalable where it matters.”
* Drive code quality: reviews, standards, branching/release hygiene, definition of done.
* Break down work, reliably estimate, unblock the team, and align with the PM/BA on scope.
* Mentor engineers and set a strong engineering culture around clarity and ownership.
**Required Stack:**
* **Must-have:**
* .NET
* PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB
* OpenAPI 3, GitHub Actions
* Queues & scheduling: SQS, EventBridge/Lambda, or Celery
* 3+ years building production systems; 2+ years in a lead/ownership role.
* Real experience running systems in production: CI/CD, Docker, monitoring, and incidents.
* Deep understanding of RBAC, session/auth flows, and security basics (OWASP-minded).
* Comfortable with async/event-driven patterns: queues, schedulers, retries, idempotency.
* Clear documentation, good tradeoffs, and keeping stakeholders in the loop.
* Upper-intermediate level of English or higher.
* Fluent Ukrainian and/or Russian language.
* **Nice-to-have:**
* Background in RPA, UiPath, browser automation, or similar automation-heavy environments.
* Experience with AI / ML / LLM-enabled products, data extraction, or workflow automation.
* Python backend experience (FastAPI, Flask, or similar).
**Hiring Process:**
* Application review against job requirements.
* Potential video interview submission.
* Interview with hiring manager and/or interview team.
* Offer conversation.