RSM US LLP
Temporary Senior Backend Lead Developer - Capital Markets Technology Transformation
New York, New York, USA · Senior · Contract
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About the role
- You'll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally.
- There's no one like you and that's why there's nowhere like RSM.
Responsibilities
- Lead backend engineering efforts across multiple Agile teams within a major transformation initiative.
- Define and implement secure, scalable, and resilient backend and API architectures.
- Translate business and functional requirements into technical designs, integration patterns, and reusable frameworks.
- Design and build API-driven services using RESTful and microservices patterns, contract-first development, and Swagger/OpenAPI documentation.
- Support modernization and legacy platform rewrite initiatives, including migration from older technologies and architectural patterns.
- Build scalable data access components using Dapper ORM.
- Implement distributed caching solutions such as Apache Ignite or MemSQL to support high-throughput processing.
- Implement logging, monitoring, and observability using enterprise frameworks such as Serilog, ELK, or Splunk-based solutions.
- Drive engineering best practices including code quality, security, exception handling, and layered architecture.
- Lead code reviews, technical mentoring, and pairing sessions.
Requirements
- 10+ years of backend engineering experience using.NET and C# in enterprise environments.
- Deep experience with SQL Server, Dapper ORM, JSON/XML, and performance tuning.
- Experience with distributed caching platforms such as Apache Ignite or MemSQL.
- Hands-on experience with messaging and event-driven architectures using Solace, SignalR, or similar technologies.
- Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, Helios, and Git-based workflows.
- Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients.
Nice to have
- Experience in financial services or capital markets, including trading, risk, clearing, or settlement platforms.
- sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances
- sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing)
- sexual orientation
- familial or marital status
- political affiliation
- domestic violence victim status
- past, current or prospective service in the US uniformed service
Compensation
- $48 - $72 per hour
Benefits
- Promote test-driven development and automated unit testing using xUnit or NUnit with strong coverage expectations.
Company info
- We are the leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential.
- We offer flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life's demands, while also maintaining your ability to serve clients.
Visa & Work Authorization
- ual orientation; HIV Status; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic
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