Senior Backend Engineer

This is a remote position.

• Own backend development from architecture and system design through implementation, deployment, and production support.
  
• Build products from scratch and scale them as usage and business complexity grow.
  
• Design robust APIs, database models, microservices, and event-driven workflows.
  
• Make architecture decisions balancing performance, scalability, consistency, security, and maintainability.
  
• Build distributed systems with fault tolerance, reliable communication, and appropriate data consistency guarantees.
  
• Improve monitoring, logging, metrics, and alerting.
  
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and cloud infrastructure.
  
• Mentor teammates through design discussions, code reviews, and hands-on technical guidance.
  
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams and take ownership of delivery and product outcomes.
  

Requirements

• Strong experience building and operating production backend systems.
  
• Experience in any backend programming language is welcome, provided engineering fundamentals are strong, and the candidate is open to working with Java/Golang. Prior Java/Golang experience is not mandatory.
  
• Solid understanding of design patterns, architectural principles, and system design.
  
• Hands-on experience with databases, data modeling, query optimization, and API development.
  
• Experience with event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems.
  
• Strong understanding of distributed consistency, concurrency, scalability, and failure handling.
  
• Knowledge of application security, authentication, authorization, and secure data handling.
  
• Working knowledge of DevOps basics, including CI/CD, containers, and Kubernetes.
  
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud; AWS experience is also acceptable.
  
• Ability to work independently, communicate technical decisions, and mentor teammates in a remote environment.
  
  Preferred Background:
  
• Startup experience building products from 0 to 1 and scaling them from 1 to 100.
  
• Experience owning architecture and delivering greenfield products.
  
• Experience in anti-fraud, commercial banking, or growth engineering is a plus.
  
• Comfort working with ambiguity, taking ownership, and balancing delivery speed with engineering quality.
  

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
  
• Opportunity to work with a team of experienced product and tech leaders.
  
• A flexible work environment with remote working options.
  
• Continuous learning and development opportunities
  
• Chance to make a significant impact on diverse and innovative projects