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Lead Software Engineer BaaS Team

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Type: Contract-to-Hire

Category: Development

Industry: Financial Services

Workplace Type: Remote

Reference ID: JN -052026-106955

Date Posted: 05/12/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/uHuTmh

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Our client seeks a Lead Software Engineer for the BaaS team to support partner onboarding and platform enhancements. The role focuses on building scalable, secure, and high-performance systems that enable embedded financial services. The position requires strong back-end C# development, Azure expertise, and comfort working across development and QA functions in an external partner-facing environment.

This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $65.00 to $75.00/hr. w2

JN -052026-106955

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of APIs and microservices that support BaaS onboarding and partner integration.

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to define technical requirements and deliver robust solutions.

• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, and best practices in CI/CD, testing, and observability.

• Ensure compliance with SLA standards and contribute to monitoring and alerting systems.

• Lead incident response and root cause analysis to improve system reliability.

• Drive architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy for the BaaS platform and create decision documentation.

• Evaluate and champion adoption of emerging technologies.

• Refactor and extend the existing codebase to fix defects and add features.

• Build durable and flexible systems that favor configurability over customization.

Experience Requirements:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role.

• Back-end C# and .NET development experience.

• Hands-on experience with Azure native services such as API Management, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Key Vault.

• Experience with container technologies and caching frameworks.

• Deep understanding of RESTful API design, OAuth2, and OpenAPI.

• Familiarity with event-driven and microservice architectures including Service Bus and Event Hubs.

• Experience implementing observability dashboards and platforms such as Datadog or Grafana.

• Proficiency with Git, DevOps, Agile Scrum, and security best practices including PCI DSS and SOC 2.

• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment for iterative project turnarounds on customer-facing applications.

• Preferred: Prior experience in fintech or embedded finance platforms, familiarity with partner onboarding workflows and SLA management, and contributions to open-source projects or publications.

Recruitment Transparency Notice

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( noreply@eliassen.com , 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group's use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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