Lead Backend Software Engineer at Techstra Solutions in Birmingham, AL
- Company: Techstra Solutions
- Location: Birmingham, AL
- Posted: Sep 19, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 6+ years
Overview
The Lead Backend Software Engineer role adds leadership of technical design and development, complex problem resolution, guidance and support for colleagues, code and documentation reviews, and use of modern principles, methodologies, and tools to advance business initiatives.
Job description
- The Lead Backend Software Engineer role adds leadership of technical design and development, complex problem resolution, guidance and support for colleagues, code and documentation reviews, and use of modern principles, methodologies, and tools to advance business initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Creates and leads the technical design and development of software solutions.
- Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs. Prepares technical and procedural documentation required.
- Facilitates complex problem resolution.
- Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues. Reviews coding, testing, and documentation of software.
- Applies modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.
- Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
- Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support the organizations Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
- Banking operations familiarity
- Controls
- Compliance considerations
- Risk management processes
- Technical Troubleshooting - Subject Matter Depth and Breadth
- Application Delivery Process - Extensive Experience
- Application Design, Architecture - Subject Matter Depth and Breadth
- Application Development Tools - Subject Matter Depth and Breadth
- Application Testing - Extensive Experience
- Packaged Application Integration - Subject Matter Depth and Breadth
- System Development Lifecycle - Extensive Experience
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Oracle Database
- SQL
- MySQL
- Cloud Technologies
- Acceptable Alternative - AWS
- Application Development
- Design and architecture familiarity/experience
- Business and Team Management
- Group Problem Solving
- Customer Engagement and Solutions Oriented
- Banking experience
- Financial institution experience
- Understanding regulatory and risk controls
- Locations: Birmingham, AL
Skills
Required
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Oracle Database
- SQL
- MySQL
- Cloud Technologies
- Application Development
- Business and Team Management
- Group Problem Solving
Preferred
- OpenShift (Red Hat)
- AWS
- Banking experience
- Financial institution experience
About Techstra Solutions
Techstra Solutions is a certified woman-owned (WBENC) management consulting firm specializing in strategy, technology, and implementation services for large organizations undergoing digital and talent transformation. Our experienced team partners with clients to co-create innovative solutions in applications, data, AI, and automation that accelerate measurable, sustainable change. From advisory consulting through technical execution, we are dedicated to driving world-class business solutions that fit your strategic requirements and deliver results. For more information: www.techstrasolutions.com