Design, develop, and deliver high-quality software iteratively and incrementally.
Take ownership of key components and services—from hands-on coding to deployment and monitoring.
Participate in technical design discussions and contribute architectural insights, working with senior leaders to shape solutions.
Ensure software follows modern engineering practices, including clean code, testing, automation, and cloud-native patterns.
Support continuous improvement in code quality, reliability, performance, and developer experience.
Translate business requirements into clear technical tasks and help validate assumptions and approaches.
Build and enhance distributed, event-driven, and cloud-native solutions in AWS.
Apply cloud best practices—security, cost awareness, performance, and operational efficiency—under guidance of senior engineers.
Contribute to observability through metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and alerts.
Assist in performance tuning, resiliency improvements, and troubleshooting production issues to ensure system stability.
Mentor and support junior engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
Collaborate effectively with Product, Architecture, InfoSec, and DevOps to deliver well-aligned solutions.
Contribute to a culture of learning, curiosity, and continuous improvement within the engineering team.
Take ownership of core components or services.
Deliver high-quality, production-ready code and contribute meaningfully to team goals.
Build strong working relationships within the engineering and product teams.
Lead development of one or more important services with increasing autonomy.
Help improve system performance, scalability, and reliability.
Support and elevate engineering practices through mentorship, reviews, and process improvements.
Requirements
5–7 years of professional software engineering experience.
Strong backend development experience with .NET and Python.
Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling, and query optimization.
Working knowledge of AWS cloud architecture, services, and best practices.
Experience with modern databases (relational and NoSQL) such as DynamoDB, RDS, PostgreSQL, DocumentDB.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and container orchestration systems (ECS/EKS preferred).
Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as CloudWatch or Datadog.
Ability to produce clear technical documentation and participate in design discussions.
Experience mentoring and supporting other engineers.
Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams.
Comfort working in Agile environments with iterative delivery and shared ownership.
Ability to bring clarity to complex situations and drive work forward with teammates.
Tech Stack
AWS
Cloud
Docker
DynamoDB
NoSQL
Postgres
Python
SQL
.NET
Benefits
Pre-tax and post-tax retirement savings plans with a competitive company matching program
Generous paid time-off plans including vacation, personal/sick time, paid short-term and long-term disability leaves, paid parental leave, and paid company holidays
Multiple health care plans to choose from, including dental and vision options
Flexible Spending Plans for Health Care, Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, wellness platforms, employee assistance programs, and Health Advocate programs
Other great discounted benefits include identity theft protection, pet insurance, fitness center reimbursements, and many more!
Lead Software Engineer II – .NET, Python at Best Egg | JobVerse