Backend Technical Lead in Portland, Oregon - #71136 | VanderHouwen

Description

Job Id: 71136

Backend Technical Lead
Our client is seeking a Backend Technical Lead to take ownership of stabilizing, reconnecting, and validating an existing backend system during a critical infrastructure transition. This role will focus on restoring cloud environments, CI/CD pipelines, and backend integrations while ensuring the system is secure, reliable, and fully documented for long-term maintainability. The ideal candidate is hands-on, highly technical, and comfortable stepping into partially configured environments to bring order and clarity.

This role is fully remote.

Backend Technical Lead Responsibilities

• Restore and validate backend CI/CD workflows by reconnecting the codebase to source control and deployment pipelines.
• Reconfigure cloud infrastructure within Google Cloud Platform, including serverless functions and hosting services.
• Establish and secure environment variables, service accounts, and authentication configurations across environments.
• Validate successful deployments and confirm backend endpoints and services are functioning as expected.
• Reconnect and secure integrations with a headless content management system to ensure correct data behavior.
• Support the migration of backend hosting and cloud resources into a newly structured cloud organization.
• Diagnose and resolve configuration, deployment, and environment-related issues as they arise.
• Perform thorough end-to-end testing to confirm platform stability prior to handoff.
• Document configurations, decisions, and setup steps to support future maintenance and onboarding.
• Partner closely with frontend engineers to ensure APIs and hosting layers fully support the application.

Backend Technical Lead Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in backend engineering within cloud-hosted environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Proven experience working with Google Cloud Platform, including serverless or managed services.
• Experience configuring and maintaining CI/CD workflows, ideally using GitHub Actions.
• Solid understanding of secure credential management, environment configuration, and access controls.
• Experience integrating backend systems with headless CMS platforms.
• Ability to quickly understand an existing codebase and re-establish critical infrastructure connections.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to work effectively under tight timelines.
• Clear written communication skills, with an emphasis on technical documentation.

Preferred:

• Experience with transactional email services such as SendGrid or similar providers.
• Familiarity with managing multiple environments (development, staging, production).
• Understanding of frontend-backend integration patterns to support API alignment.

Compensation: (DOE)

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