Head of Backend (.NET) - Full remote (Vitoria-Gasteiz)
Social Discovery Group
Municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English, RussianJob location
Remote
Municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Tech stack
ASP.NET
.NET
C Sharp (Programming Language)
Software Quality
Code Review
Database Queries
Distributed Systems
Fault Tolerance
Microsoft SQL Server
Performance Tuning
Software Architecture
RabbitMQ
Service-Oriented Architecture
Software Engineering
Sql Optimization
Backend
Angular
Front End Software Development
Microservices
Job description
- Own code quality, code reviews, and technical design.
- Develop and improve intelligent routing including RL / Q-learning approaches.
- Develop and improve anti-fraud systems.
- Build resilient services using various patterns.
- Ensure application-level reliability: performance, correctness, and fault tolerance.
- Implement and scale AI tools in software development and testing.
Conocimientos
C# ASP.NET Core Team Leadership Microservices High-load systems RabbitMQ SQL optimization Distributed systems Frontend (Angular) Fluent Russian Descripción del empleo Job Overview, * Lead the backend engineering team (.NET).
- Apply microservice and service-oriented architecture principles in practice.
- Own code quality, code reviews, and technical design.
- Develop and improve intelligent routing, including RL / Q-learning approaches.
- Develop and improve anti-fraud systems.
- Build resilient services using patterns such as idempotency, saga, outbox/inbox, and retries.
- Ensure application-level reliability: performance, correctness, and fault tolerance.
- Implement and scale AI tools in software development and testing.
Requirements
- Strong experience with C# and ASP.NET Core (.NET 6+).
- Proven experience as a Team Lead / Tech Lead.
- Strong backend expertise with microservices, high-load systems.
- Experience with RabbitMQ / MassTransit.
- Strong SQL skills (MS SQL), including performance optimization.
- Hands-on experience building distributed systems.
- Solid understanding of frontend (Angular) at the level required to manage development.
- Experience conducting code reviews and making architectural decisions.
- Fluent in Russian., * Strong experience with C# and ASP.NET Core (.NET 6+).
- Proven experience as a Team Lead / Tech Lead.
- Strong backend expertise with microservices, high-load systems.
- Experience with RabbitMQ / MassTransit.
- Strong SQL skills (MS SQL), including performance optimization.
- Hands-on experience building distributed systems (consistency models, messaging patterns).
- Solid understanding of frontend (Angular) at the level required to manage development.
- Experience conducting code reviews and making architectural decisions.
- Fluent Russian.
About the company
Social Discovery Group in Vitoria, Spain, seeks a Backend Engineering Team Lead to guide their .NET team. You will oversee code quality, design, and architectural decisions while enhancing intelligent routing and anti-fraud systems. A strong background in microservices and C# is essential, along with fluency in Russian.
Join a global team recognized as a Great Place to Work and contribute to innovative social discovery products aimed at reducing isolation., Social Discovery Group (SDG) is one of the world's largest groups of social discovery companies, uniting millions of users on dozens of products. SDG solves the problem of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection - transforming virtual intimacy into the new normal. SDG products redefine the way people interact and connect.
Our portfolio includes social entertainment platforms designed to connect people online across diverse cultures and regions worldwide. This includes globally recognized brands such as DateMyAge, , EuroDate, Dil Mil and Cupid Media. SDG has a presence in more than 150 countries.
We bring together a team of like-minded people and IT professionals specializing in the creation and development of globally impactful social discovery products. Our international team of 1000+ professionals and digital nomads works all over the world. Our teams of digital nomads work remotely from Cyprus, Malta, the USA, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Poland, Latvia, Serbia, Spain, Portugal, UAE, Israel, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and many other locations.
We're proud to be a two-time Great Place to Work winner (USA & Japan, 2024-2025) and a Top-5 Company for Work-From-Anywhere Jobs (FlexJobs, 2025).