Senior Backend Team Lead - Leeds - StackGuardian

    StackGuardian
    StackGuardian Leeds

    3 days ago

    Description

    Overview

    Senior Backend Team Lead (Python, Go)

    Industry: Cloud Orchestration, DevSecOps, Infrastructure Automation

    Location: Europe (Remote or Hybrid, EU/UK time zones)

    About StackGuardian

    At StackGuardian, were building the future of compliant cloud orchestration, simplifying how enterprises deliver secure, scalable, and automated infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

    Our mission is simple but ambitious: help developers, SREs, and security teams move fast without breaking compliance. Were a rapidly growing startup backed by leading European investors and trusted by enterprises building modern cloud-native platforms.

    Were now looking for a Senior Backend Team Lead who can own our backend services end-to-end, lead a high-performing team, and help evolve the technical backbone of our SaaS platform, AI-powered workflows and agents, while staying close to the code and customer needs.

    What Youll Do

    • Lead the Backend Team: Build, coach, and grow a strong backend engineering team working primarily in Python and Go, collaborating closely with AI, Data, DevOps, QA, and frontend teams across Europe and Asia.
    • Own Backend Architecture & Roadmap: Drive the design and evolution of backend services, APIs, orchestration workflows, and internal platforms, including AI-enabled components and agent-driven automation.
    • Stay Hands-On: Contribute directly to production code, participate in architecture reviews, and guide design decisions for backend systems, workflow orchestration, and policy-driven automation.
    • Deliver Enterprise-Grade Reliability: Ensure backend services meet high standards for scalability, security, observability, and performance, aligned with enterprise SLAs and compliance requirements.
    • Collaborate Across Product & UX: Work closely with product managers and UX designers to translate real-world customer needs into robust, developer-friendly backend capabilities.
    • Mentor & Set Standards: Establish backend best practices, lead code reviews, and foster a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.

    Who Were Looking For

    • Backend Leadership Experience: 5+ years in backend engineering roles, with proven experience leading backend teams in startups or scale-ups.
    • SaaS Platform Experience: Hands-on experience building or scaling enterprise SaaS platforms, ideally in DevSecOps, cloud security, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), or developer tooling domains.
    • Strong Technical Foundation: Deep experience with Python (Django/FastAPI) and/or Go, microservices architecture, and distributed backend systems.
    • Product & Architecture Ownership: Track record of owning backend systems from early design through scale, with a strong focus on reliability, compliance, and user experience.
    • Cloud & Infrastructure Awareness: Solid understanding of AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway) and familiarity with IaC tools such as Terraform, CDK, or Bicep.
    • AI/ML Expertise: Experience in integrating AI-powered workflows into backend services.
    • Collaborative Mindset: Coachable, pragmatic, comfortable with ambiguity, and firmly non-bureaucratic. You lead through influence and example, not hierarchy.

    Why Join StackGuardian

    • Backend Ownership with Real Impact: Youll shape the core systems that enterprises rely on to automate and govern cloud infrastructure.
    • Autonomy & Trust: No red tape- just ownership, accountability, and space to do your best work.
    • Competitive Compensation + Early Equity: Join at a stage where your contribution has meaningful upside.
    • Direct Access to Leadership: Work closely with the CTO and founding team on product and architectural decisions.
    • Culture of Innovation: Dedicated R&D time, hackathons, and opportunities to influence the broader engineering direction.

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