Lead Software Developer
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Lead Backend Developer at ABC Fitness Solutions improving backend practices and performance. Collaborating with teams to design APIs and oversee technical quality over software development processes.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, and document software for existing and new products
- Build, maintain, and optimize .NET backend services (ASP.NET Core, REST APIs) and related data access
- Own and evolve the backend architecture for our products, including RESTful APIs and Microsoft SQL Server (schema, queries, performance)
- Own API strategy: set standards for design, versioning, security, and cross-team contracts, including third-party integration surfaces
- Establish and uphold team practices and guardrails for agentic-IDE development (Cursor or similar), including review standards for agent-generated code
- Partner with frontend (web and mobile), product, and design to define APIs and deliver cohesive, high-quality features
- Work with DevOps on builds, releases, patching, and operational readiness
- Review code, handle merge requests, and help keep code quality, structure, and automation (testing, CI/CD) at a high bar
- Identify bottlenecks, debug production issues, and improve reliability and performance
- Provide technical estimates and communicate progress and risks clearly
- Lead and coach junior and intermediate developers; raise the bar through pairing and feedback
- Improve engineering practices and processes (testing, observability, release discipline) in ways that fit the team
- Share ownership of production health: monitor, respond to critical incidents, and drive fixes for instability or regressions
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Typically, 7+ years of .NET experience and/or other object-oriented programming languages
- Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio
- Familiar with C#, WebAPIs, MVC, ASP.NET
- Deep RESTful API experience: owning API design, versioning, security, performance, and cross-team contracts at scale
- Habitual use of an agentic coding IDE (Cursor or similar) and a track record of setting review standards for AI-generated code across a team
- In-depth understanding of JavaScript programming and familiar with ES6
- Work effectively in a cloud-based environment; experience with AWS is a strong plus
- Familiar with object-oriented design patterns
- Familiar with RESTful APIs
- Experience with MS SQL Server and T-SQL language
- Understanding of SQL best practices and methodologies and experience investigating and solving SQL performance issues
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git and the associated best practices
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and experience with leading a scrum team
Benefits:
- Purpose led company with a Values focused culture – Best Life, One Team, Growth Mindset
- Time Off – with our open PTO policy, we offer flexibility in how and when you take PTO!
- Days of Disconnect – once a quarter, we take a collective breather and enjoy a day off together around the globe. #oneteam
- Parental & Pawternity Leave – we offer leave for when your family grows by two feet or four paws!
- Best Life Perk – we are committed to meeting you wherever you are in your fitness journey with a quarterly reimbursement
- Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
- EAP – we get you help when you need it. Period.
- Premium Calm App – enjoy tranquility with a Calm App subscription for you and up to 4 dependents over the age of 16
- And more! – so many benefits we couldn’t even fit them all here!


















