Company Description
Telesource Solutions OPC is a premier outsourcing company specializing in providing core staffing solutions to insurance companies in the USA. With over 10 years of industry experience, we pride ourselves on cultivating a creative, empowered, and growth-focused workplace while delivering high-quality services such as telemarketing, customer service, and licensed insurance advising.
Role Description
This is a full-time remote position for a Lead Backend Engineer. The selected candidate will take ownership of back-end system design, development, and maintenance while collaborating with team members to build scalable and secure software solutions. Day-to-day tasks include writing clean, efficient code, implementing APIs, reviewing code from team members, and optimizing system performance. The role requires strong problem-solving capabilities and a focus on delivering robust backend services supporting front-end and system operations.
What You will be doing:
- Designing and building core backend services in Python and FastAPI
- Designing and implementing a modular, extensible architecture that supports multiple third-party integrations
- Building and maintaining a multi-tenant PostgreSQL schema designed for enterprise scale
- Implementing async processing pipelines using AWS SQS and AWS EventBridge
- Integrating with identity and access management systems for enterprise SSO and role-based access control
- Writing clean, well-documented code from detailed written specifications
- Submitting daily written progress updates
Must-Have Skills:
- Python - 4+ years in production systems
- FastAPI or equivalent async Python framework in production
- PostgreSQL - multi-tenant schema design, indexing, and query optimization
- Designing modular, extensible backend architectures with clear separation of concerns
- Async messaging systems - AWS SQS, RabbitMQ, or equivalent in production
- AWS - EC2, RDS, S3, API Gateway at a working level
- Experience integrating backend systems with third-party APIs and external services
- Strong written English communication
Nice to Have
- Experience with event-driven architecture and AWS EventBridge
- Prior work on multi-tenant SaaS platforms at production scale
- Familiarity with Keycloak or similar enterprise identity providers
- Experience designing plugin or integration framework architectures
- Background in AI, ML, or speech/audio processing platforms
Non-Negotiables
- Senior level only. Mid-level candidates will not be considered.
- Production systems only. Your portfolio must show systems that handled real users and real load.
- You must be comfortable working independently from written specifications without daily verbal guidance.
- Daily written progress updates are required. Verbal-first communicators are not the right fit.
- IP assignment agreement and NDA must be signed before engagement begins.
- You will not communicate directly with other developers. All coordination goes through the product owner.
