Senior Software Engineer, Backend

About the Role

Join our dynamic team as a Senior Backend Software Engineer to build and scale the core services of our innovative Loans Platform. This fully remote role offers the opportunity to design, develop, and maintain robust, high-performance systems that are critical to our financial products.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable and reliable backend services for the loans platform.
• Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, and other stakeholders to define and implement new features.
• Ensure the security, performance, and operational excellence of our financial systems.
• Participate in code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, ensuring high availability and data integrity.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in backend software development, preferably in a high-growth environment.
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language (e.g., Python, Java, Go, C#) and related frameworks.
• Strong experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases.
• Demonstrated experience designing and building robust APIs (REST, gRPC).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and microservices architecture.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote-first team environment across US time zones.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience in the FinTech domain, especially with lending or payment systems.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.