Staff Backend Engineer

• We’re looking for a Senior/Staff Backend Engineer to architect and build complex financial systems that process millions of dollars daily
• You’ll be one of our core engineers designing cross-domain solutions that coordinate payments, fraud detection, compliance, and user management across our distributed microservices architecture
• Architect Critical Financial Systems: Design and implement payment processing, fraud detection, and compliance systems that handle millions of dollars daily with strict regulatory requirements
• Lead Cross-Domain Solutions: Coordinate complex interactions between payments, fraud detection, user management, and compliance systems
• Drive Technical Decisions: Lead architecture decisions that impact our entire platform and establish best practices for a growing team
• Mentor Engineers: Guide junior engineers and establish coding standards, design patterns, and engineering practices
• Optimize System Performance: Improve reliability and performance across our distributed microservices architecture
• Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with product and compliance teams to design systems that meet business and regulatory requirements

Benefits

• Remote options
• Intensely collaborative and creative environment
• Opportunity for professional growth

• This role requires deep systems thinking, technical leadership, and the ability to solve complex engineering challenges that span multiple domains and external integrations
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and computer science fundamentals
• Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and microservices
• Demonstrated systems engineering experience solving complex, cross-domain challenges
• 3+ years of technical leadership experience (mentoring, architecture decisions, cross-team coordination)
• 8+ years of software engineering experience building complex, production systems
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering from an accredited university highly preferred
• Backend Development: Python (we use Python 3), strong understanding of web frameworks and APIs
• Architecture Patterns: Domain-driven design, clean architecture, CQRS
• Database Design: Experience with NoSQL and SQL databases
• Cloud Infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform, or similar cloud platforms
• System Design: Ability to design systems that balance performance, maintainability, and business requirements
• We’re looking for engineers who are excited by complex systems problems and have the educational background and experience to handle sophisticated challenges. If you’re passionate about building mission-critical financial infrastructure and want to have a direct impact on our technical direction, we’d love to hear from you
• Financial Regulations: Understanding of AML, KYC, PCI DSS, or similar regulations
• Financial Systems: Payment processing, fraud detection, or compliance systems
• Banking Integrations: Experience with financial APIs and money movement systems
• Third-Party Integrations: Experience coordinating multiple external service integrations
• High-Scale Systems: Experience with systems processing high transaction volumes