Principal Backend Architect
(C#/.NET, Azure)
Location: Remote from Latin America
Compensation: $45–$52 USD per hour
Engagement: Full-time international independent contractor
About Latino Legends
Latino Legends connects exceptional Latin American talent with international companies building and scaling high-performing remote teams. We partner with companies across the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia to match skilled professionals with opportunities where they can make a meaningful impact.
About the Role
Our client is a US-based software company with an engineering team of approximately 30 people, supporting a large monolithic platform alongside a growing ecosystem of microservices. With dedicated architects for frontend and data, they are looking for a Principal Backend Architect / Engineer to take ownership of the backend architecture, the most extensive and business-critical part of their platform.
In this role, you'll shape the architecture of the backend ecosystem, including the monolith, microservices, APIs, messaging infrastructure, and integrations.



You'll establish engineering standards, guide the platform's evolution toward well-defined services, and remain hands‑on with implementation to ensure architectural decisions translate into reliable, scalable production systems.
You'll work closely with the Lead/Principal Architect, Principal UI Architect, and Data Architect to drive technical direction across the platform.
This is a principal‑level individual contributor role , idóneo for an experienced engineer who combines architectural ownership with strong technical execution. There are no direct reports, and hands‑on development remains a core part of the position.
Key Responsibilities
- Own backend architecture across the platform and lead the incremental decomposition of a large monolith into well‑defined, maintainable services.
- Establish backend engineering standards, best practices, and tooling, including shared libraries, service templates, and cross

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