Backend Engineer

This is a core backend engineering role at a fintech company building global trust infrastructure — turning complex, months-long compliance workflows into near-instant processes. You'll sit at the heart of the engineering team, designing the systems and APIs that underpin a high-trust, distributed platform.

What You'll Do

• Design and build clean, testable, and efficient backend systems and APIs.

• Architect scalable infrastructure capable of handling high-trust and high-volume requirements.

• Apply strong opinions on testing, quality, and long-term maintainability across every project.

• Think deeply about user needs and system behavior to tackle complex product challenges.

• Help shape engineering practices and technical culture through collaboration and hands-on leadership.

What We're Looking For

• 5–7+ years of backend engineering experience in production environments; the team skews senior and most hires land at 7+ years.

• Strong systems thinking — able to reason about long-term system behavior and go deep on large architectural problems, not just individual features.

• Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Node.js/TypeScript, Python, Go, or Java, with demonstrated production experience.

• Experience designing scalable APIs and backend infrastructure for high-volume or high-trust systems.

• Hands-on experience with relational databases (Postgres or MySQL) in production.

• Experience with message queues or event-driven architectures (e.g. RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar).

• Experience deploying and managing applications in containerized or cloud environments (e.g. Kubernetes, AWS, or similar).

• Experience writing automated tests and maintaining testable codebases.

• Background in high-trust or regulated domains such as fintech, payments, or identity.

• Clear communicator who thrives in ambiguity and enjoys collaborating closely with teammates.

• Nice to have: Node.js, TypeScript, Event Sourcing, Express, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes, and AWS experience; prior experience at an early-stage or high-growth company.