Senior Backend Engineer

Join our team as a Senior Backend Engineer, where you'll architect and build complex financial systems that process millions of dollars daily. You'll design cross-domain solutions that coordinate payments, fraud detection, compliance, and user management across our distributed microservices architecture. This role requires deep systems thinking, technical leadership, and the ability to solve complex engineering challenges. You'll also have the opportunity to mentor junior engineers and collaborate closely with product and compliance teams.

• Architect and implement payment processing, fraud detection, and compliance systems that handle millions of dollars daily.
• Coordinate complex interactions between payments, fraud detection, user management, and compliance systems.
• Lead architecture decisions that impact the entire platform and establish best practices for a growing team.
• Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and microservices
• Demonstrated systems engineering experience solving complex, cross-domain challenges
• 5+ years of software engineering experience building complex, production systems
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and computer science fundamentals
• Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering from an accredited university highly preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required
• Database Design: Experience with NoSQL and SQL databases
• Architecture Patterns: Domain-driven design, clean architecture, CQRS
• System Design: Ability to design systems that balance performance, maintainability, and business requirements
• Cloud Infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform, or similar cloud platforms
• Backend Development: Python (we use Python 3), strong understanding of web frameworks and APIs
• 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
• High-Scale Systems: Experience with systems processing high transaction volumes
• Third-Party Integrations: Experience coordinating multiple external service integrations