Senior Full Stack Engineer (backend leaning)

Own the design, development, deployment, and scaling of backend systems and infrastructure supporting core financial products in a fast-paced fintech environment.

• Build and maintain high-performance APIs and backend services that power customer-facing applications
• Design scalable cloud-native architectures using AWS and Node.js (TypeScript)
• Take full ownership of system reliability, performance, and long-term maintainability
• Ship production-ready code frequently while balancing speed with engineering rigor
• Define and promote backend engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across the team
• Make informed architectural decisions, weighing trade-offs between scalability, speed, and complexity
• Collaborate closely with product engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Continuously improve system design to support growth, resilience, and evolving product needs

Requirements:

This role requires strong backend engineering expertise, deep systems thinking, and the ability to thrive in a high-ownership, fast-moving environment.

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong backend focus
• Experience building and scaling production systems using Node.js and AWS
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript (preferred)
• Proven ability to design reliable, scalable, and high-performance distributed systems
• Deep understanding of system architecture, performance optimization, and backend fundamentals
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive projects independently from concept to production
• Comfort working in ambiguous environments and making decisions with incomplete information
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across technical and product teams
• Self-starter mentality with a bias toward execution and delivery
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering velocity while maintaining code quality

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation: $150,000 – $250,000 USD annually, plus equity (based on experience and location)
• Early-stage startup equity upside in a fast-growing fintech company
• High-ownership engineering environment with minimal bureaucracy
• Fast-paced culture focused on speed, learning, and impact
• Opportunity to build and scale mission-critical financial infrastructure
• Flexible, execution-driven team environment with significant autonomy
• Exposure to modern AI-assisted engineering practices and tooling.

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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