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Staff Backend Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Tue, Oct 06, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

To support a growing engineering team, the full-time Staff Backend Engineer will set the technical direction for the backend platform, focusing on API integrations and core systems in a remote environment.

Key responsibilities
  • Set technical direction and architecture for major areas of the backend platform, translating product goals into scalable strategies
  • Design and implement reliable systems within a micro-services architecture, ensuring engineering quality
  • Build and maintain integrations with 3rd-party vendors and design highly available RESTful APIs for user-facing applications
Required qualifications
  • At least 8 years of professional engineering experience, with a focus on fintech products
  • Proficient in backend languages such as Go/Golang and Python
  • Strong expertise in designing and developing RESTful APIs
  • Experience with SQL and NoSQL database technologies, including data model design
  • Familiarity with cloud technologies like AWS, Azure, or GCP, and container orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes

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