Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Xpoint builds a geolocation compliance platform for regulated online sports betting and gaming, combining location, device, and security signals to make real-time compliance decisions. The Lead Backend Software Engineer will own the architecture, quality, and delivery of the core Java backend platform while leading hands-on development, mentoring engineers, and partnering with Product, QA, SRE, and Compliance.
Responsibilities
- Own the technical direction, architecture, quality, and delivery of Xpoint’s core backend platform, including documenting key architectural decisions and rationale
- Lead and mentor a distributed team of backend engineers through hands-on development, code review, and technical guidance
- Design, develop, test, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and secure Java services using strong engineering and design practices
- Establish and uphold standards for code quality, testing, documentation, observability, and maintainability
- Own backend services in production, including performance optimization, on-call participation, incident response, and root-cause resolution
- Partner with Product, QA, SRE, Compliance, and other stakeholders to define requirements, manage customer and rollout impacts, and deliver reliable production releases
- Ensure releases meet regulatory and compliance requirements, including appropriate testing, documentation, change controls, and evidence requirements
- Drive effective async collaboration across the distributed organization, clearly communicating technical decisions, progress, risks, and recommended solutions
- Use modern AI development tools to improve engineering efficiency and quality while establishing appropriate standards and guardrails for their use
- Stay current with relevant Java, cloud, and AI technologies and identify opportunities to improve Xpoint’s engineering practices
Skills
- Senior-level backend engineering experience with ownership of architecture and production systems
- Deep Java and Spring/Spring Boot expertise, including REST APIs and microservices
- Experience building and operating low-latency, high-throughput, mission-critical systems: capacity planning, load testing, rate limiting, connection and thread management, and diagnosing latency at the tail rather than the mean
- Strong cloud infrastructure experience, including containers, orchestration, multi-region and multi-tenant environments
- Experience with NoSQL data modeling, streaming and messaging/queueing technologies
- Strong knowledge of observability, system reliability, performance optimization and production troubleshooting
- Security-conscious engineering experience, including TLS, token management, certificate validation and request/response signing
- Strong testing practices across units, integration and automated regression testing, plus modern CI/CD and Git workflows, including branching strategy, release cutting and merge discipline
- Fluency with modern AI development tools, including the ability to validate, review and override AI-generated work
- Strong ownership mindset with the ability to troubleshoot across systems and drive issues through root cause and resolution
- Excellent written communication and demonstrated technical leadership through mentoring, code review and cross-functional collaboration
- Experience with real-time stream processing, fraud detection, anti-abuse, device integrity or trust & safety systems
- Familiarity with geospatial technologies, positioning systems and boundary logic
- Experience backtesting rules or models against historical production data
- Experience in regulated or audited environments
- IGaming or sports betting industry experience
- Experience supporting mobile SDK-facing backends and device attestation
- Experience building AI-powered product features
- Start-up experience and comfort operating in a fast-moving environment
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 100% employer-paid employee health premiums
- 50% employer-paid premiums for eligible dependents
- 3 weeks of paid vacation starting in the first year
- Paid sick time and company holidays
- 401(k) retirement plan with strong company match
- 100% company-paid life insurance, AD&D, and short-term disability
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