Backend Lead at Eccles IT

We are now restructuring the backend team and hiring a strong Backend Lead to take technical ownership and ensure disciplined delivery.

This role is for engineers who:

• Take responsibility for outcomes
• Can manage backend contributors
• Care about demo readiness and production stability
• Think in systems, not tickets

Role Summary

We are seeking a hands-on Backend Lead to take ownership of backend architecture, integration reliability, and delivery discipline.

You will:

• Own backend architecture decisions
• Lead sprint planning with the PM
• Direct backend contributors
• Ensure features work end-to-end in staging and production
• Take accountability for demo readiness
• Resolve integration and queue-processing issues
• Maintain clean environment separation (local → staging → production)

This is not a passive coding role.

This is a delivery ownership role.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead backend planning and sprint breakdown
• Review and approve backend merge requests
• Diagnose and resolve integration failures
• Ensure background workers and queues function correctly
• Enforce logging, error handling, and retry logic
• Maintain API integration standards
• Coordinate closely with frontend for end-to-end delivery
• Drive milestone completion

Technical Stack (Must Have Experience In)

• Python (FastAPI / Django / Flask)
• Background job processing (Celery / Dramatiq / RQ or equivalent)
• Redis (queues & caching)
• Docker / docker-compose
• PostgreSQL or similar relational DB
• Webhook-based integrations (e.g., payment systems)
• Multi-environment deployment practices

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years backend engineering experience
• Proven production ownership
• Experience leading at least 1 backend team
• Strong debugging and systems thinking
• Clear communicator (technical + non-technical)
• High accountability mindset
• Comfortable working with PM-led milestone structure

Working Structure

• Daily evening standups
• Daily async backend team coordination
• Sprint planning with PM
• Milestone-driven delivery

Compensation

₦500,000 per month

Important

This role requires:

• Real production experience
• Real integration experience
• Real ownership mindset

If you are primarily an individual contributor without leadership experience, this role is not suitable.