Senior Software Engineer
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Job description
You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of our backend services, focusing on architecting, building, and operating systems that handle high-volume financial transactions securely and reliably. You will act as a technical leader, driving feature delivery and raising the engineering bar across the team while ensuring our systems align with business priorities., * Build & Operate: Build and operate scalable backend services using Node.js/TypeScript and PostgreSQL.
- API Design: Design robust APIs that power financial transactions, ensuring idempotency, reliability, and a developer-friendly experience.
- Architecture: Architect solutions for complex challenges across core domains, including payments, ledgering, and reconciliation.
- Feature Delivery: Lead feature delivery from design through implementation, testing, and deployment.
- Code Quality & Mentorship: Review code and mentor peers, maintaining high standards for maintainability and quality across the codebase.
- Production Reliability: Investigate and resolve production issues with a focus on root cause prevention.
How You'll Work:
- Treat APIs and services as products, balancing developer experience with robustness.
- Favor simplicity and clarity in architecture while planning for scale and resilience.
- Keep security and compliance top of mind in all technical decisions.
- Document designs, runbooks, and decision records for effective knowledge sharing.
Requirements
Do you have experience in TypeScript?, * Experience: 5+ years of backend software engineering experience.
- Core Stack: Strong expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, and relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred).
- Domain Expertise: Proven experience building APIs that power financial or transactional systems.
- Fintech Knowledge: Understanding of payments, fintech, or other transaction-heavy domains.
- Systems Design: Experience designing for scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance.
- Distributed Systems: Familiarity with distributed systems concepts (e.g., idempotency, concurrency, data integrity).
- Communication: Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across product, design, and infrastructure teams.
Tools You'll Use:
- Node.js / TypeScript, NestJS (or similar backend frameworks).
- PostgreSQL, REST APIs.
- GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS.
- Monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Datadog).
Preferred Experience (Nice to Have):
- Experience with blockchain development (e.g., smart contracts, wallets, tokenization).
- Infrastructure knowledge: Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform.
- Exposure to event-driven architectures and real-time transaction systems.
Benefits & conditions
- Leave: Unlimited Leave policy.
- Equipment: Company-provided Laptop.
- Compensation: Competitive salary ($130K - $180K) plus Options (equity) package.
- Perks: Dedicated Health Stipend and Office Stipend.
- Impact: Opportunity to work on critical infrastructure at the intersection of fintech and payments.