Lead Backend Engineer

Baltimore, MDfull timeOn Sitesenior$120k–$170kH1B: no

Alertus Lead Backend Engineer at Alertus architects and leads the Identity-as-a-Service platform ensuring security, performance, and integration. Responsible for critical infrastructure including User Management, SSO, EntraID, and Public API.

Responsibilities

As a Lead Engineer, you will be the primary architect and steward of our "Identity-as-a-Service" platform, the bedrock upon which every other product team builds.
This isn't just about managing logins; it’s about ensuring that our entire ecosystem is secure, performant, and seamlessly integrated. You will lead the team responsible for the critical infrastructure that handles User Management, SSO, EntraID, and our Public API. Your mission is to ensure that while the product scales, our "base" remains rock-solid, providing high throughput and millisecond-latency for our most critical services. If you thrive on solving complex distributed systems problems and take pride in enabling other engineers to move faster, this role is for you.
Candidates must be located within driving distance from our Baltimore HQ.