Software Backend Engineer
Skills
About the Role
You will design, construct, and maintain backend APIs, services, and systems. You will develop new large-scale features, refine internal tooling and processes, and contribute to product and technical roadmaps. You will build highly available APIs and data pipelines, write user-facing technical documentation, collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams, and uphold high engineering standards across the organization.
Requirements
- 7+ years of proven experience as a Software Engineer specializing in web backend development
- Proficiency in Golang is a significant advantage
- Additional experience in data engineering is highly desirable
- A track record of successfully delivering high-quality production services and systems
- Customer-centric approach with a strong emphasis on empathy towards users
- Relevant industry experience, particularly in banking or fintech, and domain knowledge in fraud prevention or compliance
- Proficient in English
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain robust backend services
- Build and operate highly available APIs and data pipelines
- Collaborate with stakeholders to architect and implement new services
- Develop new features and capabilities
- Coordinate with engineering and product teams to align delivery
- Write and maintain user-facing technical documentation
- Promote and uphold high engineering standards
Benefits
- Equity and early exercise for all options including pre-vested
- Remote-first work from anywhere
- Flexible paid time off and year-end break
- Health insurance dental and vision coverage for employees and dependents (US and Canada specific)
- 4% matching in 401k / RRSP (US and Canada specific)
- MacBook Pro delivered to your door
- One-time home office setup stipend
- Monthly meal stipend
- Monthly social meet-up stipend
- Annual health and wellness stipend
- Annual learning stipend