Logo Lucra Sports

Director of Backend & DevOps Engineering

Lucra Sportsvia Jobs
RemotoNew York, New York, UsSêniorCLT28 dias atrás

Salário Estimado

R$ 11.880,00 - R$ 17.820,00

0de 100

Regular

Score da Vaga

Descrição da Vaga

Director of Backend & DevOps Engineering Location: Remote (US-based) Reports to: CTO Type: Full-time About Lucra Lucra is a B2B gamified loyalty and engagement platform powering real-money competition, rewards, and engagement experiences for leading brands across sports, golf, hospitality, and entertainment.


Our platform enables brands to embed real-money competitions, peer-to-peer challenges, and reward mechanics directly into their consumer experiences via SDKs and APIs.


Lucra supports iOS, Android, and web platforms and operates in a regulated, real-money environment.


Following our Series B raise, Lucra is entering its next phase of growth focused on revenue realization, platform scalability, operational reliability, and data-driven product differentiation.


Backend systems and cloud infrastructure are core to this phase, supporting real-money transactions, partner integrations, and high-throughput event processing.


Website: www.lucrasports.com The Role Lucra is seeking a Director of Backend & DevOps Engineering to own the delivery, reliability, and evolution of our core backend platform.


This is a hands-on leadership role with significant individual contribution in the near term.


The right candidate will combine strong technical execution with ownership of team performance, release quality, and operational maturity.


You will partner closely with Product, DevOps, Data, Mobile, Web, and Executive leadership to ensure Lucra’s backend systems are reliable, scalable, and aligned with business priorities.


What You’ll Own Backend Delivery & Execution • Own backend delivery, execution quality, and roadmap alignment

Translate product and business priorities into clear technical plans • Ensure consistent, predictable backend delivery across teams
Identify execution bottlenecks and actively remove them Release Management & Quality • Own backend release management processes and standards
Define and enforce rollback strategies and release safety practices • Improve test coverage, deployment confidence, and production quality
Ensure backend changes meet reliability and performance expectations before release Reliability, Observability & Operations • Partner closely with DevOps to reduce incidents and improve system reliability
Improve observability across backend services using logging, metrics, and alerting • Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and follow-up improvements
Drive continuous improvement in uptime, performance, and operational maturity Technical Leadership • Run architectural and technical design reviews
Set backend engineering standards and best practices • Lead by example through code reviews, hands-on problem solving, and occasional direct implementation
Raise the technical bar across backend and platform teams Team Leadership & Management • Conduct regular 1:1s with backend engineers to identify gaps, risks, and growth opportunities early
Provide clear feedback, coaching, and technical guidance • Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
Support hiring, onboarding, and team scaling as the organization grows What You Bring Required Experience • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
3+ years in senior technical leadership roles with direct ownership of backend systems • Strong hands-on experience with Node.js and TypeScript in production
Experience building and scaling GraphQL APIs • Deep familiarity with PostgreSQL
Experience operating backend systems in AWS environments, including serverless architectures • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, preferably Terraform
Proven ownership of production reliability, incident response, and release processes Preferred Experience • Experience leading backend teams in Series A–C SaaS companies
Experience in regulated, payments, fintech, or real-money environments • Familiarity with Hasura, event-driven architectures, or SDK platforms
Experience scaling systems with high transaction volume and external partners Applying We are looking for candidates available to start immediately.

Please email [email protected] with your resume to apply.

Requisitos

  • Required Experience
  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • 3+ years in senior technical leadership roles with direct ownership of backend systems
  • Strong hands-on experience with Node.js and TypeScript in production
  • Experience building and scaling GraphQL APIs
  • Deep familiarity with PostgreSQL
  • Experience operating backend systems in AWS environments, including serverless architectures
  • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, preferably Terraform
  • Proven ownership of production reliability, incident response, and release processes

Responsabilidades

  • Lucra is seeking a Director of Backend & DevOps Engineering to own the delivery, reliability, and evolution of our core backend platform
  • This is a hands-on leadership role with significant individual contribution in the near term
  • The right candidate will combine strong technical execution with ownership of team performance, release quality, and operational maturity
  • You will partner closely with Product, DevOps, Data, Mobile, Web, and Executive leadership to ensure Lucra’s backend systems are reliable, scalable, and aligned with business priorities
  • Backend Delivery & Execution
  • Own backend delivery, execution quality, and roadmap alignment
  • Translate product and business priorities into clear technical plans
  • Ensure consistent, predictable backend delivery across teams
  • Identify execution bottlenecks and actively remove them
  • Release Management & Quality
  • Own backend release management processes and standards
  • Define and enforce rollback strategies and release safety practices
  • Improve test coverage, deployment confidence, and production quality
  • Ensure backend changes meet reliability and performance expectations before release
  • Reliability, Observability & Operations
  • Partner closely with DevOps to reduce incidents and improve system reliability
  • Improve observability across backend services using logging, metrics, and alerting
  • Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and follow-up improvements
  • Drive continuous improvement in uptime, performance, and operational maturity
  • Run architectural and technical design reviews
  • Set backend engineering standards and best practices
  • Lead by example through code reviews, hands-on problem solving, and occasional direct implementation
  • Raise the technical bar across backend and platform teams
  • Team Leadership & Management
  • Conduct regular 1:1s with backend engineers to identify gaps, risks, and growth opportunities early
  • Provide clear feedback, coaching, and technical guidance
  • Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
  • Support hiring, onboarding, and team scaling as the organization grows

Vagas Semelhantes

RemotoBrOntem

R$ 12k - 18k/mês

SêniorCLT

Descrição da vaga A Fcamara está em busca de uma pessoa Desenvolvedora React Native - Sênior. Responsabilidades e atribuições Desenvolvimento & Arquitetura: - Projetar e implementar componentes reutilizáveis e escaláveis. - Arquitetar soluções de estado global e gerenciamento de dados. - Garantir pe...

R$ 14k - 22k/mês

SêniorCLT

SOBRE NÓS Você já conhece a Tegra? Nossa tecnologia é com propósito, e nossa cultura é totalmente focada no desenvolvimento humano. Nós temos o propósito de: conectar pessoas, humanizar relações e fortalecer negócios. Muito legal né!? Mas afinal, o que a Tegra faz?Nós desenvolvemos softwares de alto...

I

Desenvolvedor full stack

Insightful ConsultingJooble
Londrina, Paraná, Br20 dias atrás

R$ 11k - 17k/mês

SêniorCLT

Full Stack Developer (SWE Full Stack)-100% REMOTO - PJ Sua missão como Full Stack 🧩 Você vai atuar no desenvolvimento de produtos e plataformas que sustentam a experiência do motorista — com autonomia e ownership ponta a ponta. No dia a dia, você vai: • Desenvolver microserviços independentes para ...

R$ 15k - 23k/mês

SêniorCLT

📋 Description • Join MDLBEAST as a Senior Web and Mobile Full-Stack Engineer and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our ticketing platform and its associated products. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of systems that power some of the most significant music...

Interessado nesta vaga?

Candidatar-se

Você será redirecionado para o site original

Informações

NívelSênior
ContratoCLT
LocalNew York, New York, Us
RemotoSim
MoedaUSD
Publicada28 dias atrás
FonteJobs

Análise de Vaga com IA

Estimativa salarial, match de tecnologias e análise de requisitos feitos com Inteligência Artificial

Powered by CodeCortex
← Voltar às Vagas