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Senior Backend Engineer / API Engineering Lead
full-time•Austin•$140k - $160k
About this role
Your Ideal Senior Backend Engineer – API Engineering Lead Job
- Are you ready to drive the future of AI-assisted development?
- Do you thrive in fast-moving environments where architecture, performance, and quality matter?
- Are you a C#/.NET expert passionate about clean, scalable, and maintainable code?
- Have you led backend teams through cloud-native transformations and AI-first workflows?
- Do you want to work at a company where your technical decisions directly impact thousands of users?
- Are you excited to collaborate with DevOps, Product Owners, and other engineers to push modern CI/CD practices forward?
Role Overview & Key Interactions
At Quik!, we’re redefining forms automation. As our Senior Backend Engineer – API Engineering Lead, you will take charge of designing and building backend systems that drive our platform’s reliability,
performance, and scalability. You will partner directly with Product Owners, DevOps, and engineering peers to turn business requirements into API-powered solutions that support intuitive, intelligent, and secure user experiences.
You will also play a key role in mentoring developers, leading architecture discussions, and integrating AI-assisted tooling across our engineering stack.
What You’ll Do
- 60% – Backend API Engineering & Development
- Design and build backend services and APIs using C# and .NET Core
- Follow Clean Architecture, SOLID principles, and trunk-based development
- Integrate with SQL, NoSQL, and caching systems like Redis
- Optimize performance and maintain scalable codebases
- 20% – AI-First Practices & Tooling
- Leverage tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT to increase speed and reduce bugs
- Develop utilities that enhance debugging, testing, and code documentation
- Promote responsible AI adoption across engineering workflows
- 15% – Architecture & Technical Leadership
- Contribute to long-term architecture vision and tooling decisions
- Guide adoption of modern cloud-native and distributed system patterns
- Ensure systems are resilient, observable, and secure by design
- 5% – Mentoring & Collaboration
- Mentor junior engineers in coding, design, and AI-first workflows
- Work cross-functionally with DevOps, QA, and product teams
- Document backend systems and lead by example
Who You Are
- An expert in backend engineering with C#/.NET Core and modern API development
- Skilled in SQL, NoSQL, and performance tuning for distributed systems
- Comfortable leading design conversations and making architectural trade-offs
- Proficient with AI-assisted tools and motivated to increase engineering velocity
- Clear communicator who thrives in remote-first teams
- Committed to craftsmanship, documentation, and mentoring others
Tough Job to Win – But Worth It
This role isn’t for everyone. To excel here, you’ll need to:
- Take ownership of architecture and implementation from day one - Write high-quality code that others want to read and extend
- Use AI to work faster, smarter, and more securely
- Embrace modern CI/CD with trunk-based development and feature flags
- Be excited to continuously improve Quik!’s engineering culture
Why Work at Quik!
We are 100% focused on revolutionizing paperwork. With over 41,000 forms in our platform and
integrations across the financial services industry, Quik! is the trusted partner to top broker-dealers and
RIAs. As an AI-first company, we use artificial intelligence to eliminate manual effort and streamline every interaction.
Quik! was founded on four core philosophies:
- We enjoy what we do
- We design intuitive solutions
- We provide outstanding service
- We do what we say we’ll do.
We’re in our 23rd year of business, growing steadily, and investing deeply in product innovation. Here, your code won’t just run—it will shape how thousands of advisors serve their clients.
Get to know us by checking out our staff gallery: https://www.quickforms.com/our-company
Compensation & Location:
- Salary: $140,000 – $160,000/year (depending on experience) + performance bonus
- Location: 100% remote (USA-based)
- Benefits: Health insurance, PTO, professional development stipend, flexible hours
I’m interested. How do I get started?
Apply to: https://app.jobvite.com/j?cj=o5Hmzfwr&s=myHRpartner
Is this the job for you? If not, feel free to share this link with someone who might be interested.
Our hiring management partner is myHR Partner. myHR Partner is not a staffing service or recruiter. All resumes will be reviewed for this position and only for our organization.
Thank you for considering us as a potential employer!
At Quik! we continually celebrate the diverse community built by people with different backgrounds and perspectives. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to that by ensuring that our place can be anyone’s place.
What you'll do
- The Senior Backend Engineer will design and build backend systems and APIs to enhance the platform's reliability, performance, and scalability. They will also mentor junior engineers and lead architecture discussions.
About MyHR Partner, Inc
We’ve never fit into any conventional HR services category. So we’ve always created our own. Over 20 years later, we’re still breaking new ground.
myHR Partner helps organizations reach their potential by providing outsourced human resources services and strategies. After all, people are the lifeblood of any organization. myHR Partner delivers the expertise and capacity to meet current and future HR needs of growing companies.
We focus on small- and mid-sized organizations that view HR as an investment, not a cost center. We integrate into each client’s culture with hands-on support, resources, and knowledge to enhance their ability to find, retain, and nurture their workforce. We even provide a little fun along the way.
HR is all we do. With a collaborative, team approach, our highly skilled HR professionals are ready to help clients handle all or portions of their HR needs.
OUR MISSION: We passionately use HR expertise to help organizations realize their objectives. We give organizational leaders more capacity to focus on core business demands and help them get the most out of their workforce. At myHR Partner, we consider you as a person first, providing freedom and flexibility to meet your specific needs. Our true 40-hour workweek provides a healthy life-work balance. Our supportive, entrepreneurial atmosphere encourages input, personal growth, commitment and fun.
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