Backend Engineer Payments Platform

JC CORPORATIONS
Austin, United States of America
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Austin, United States of America

Tech stack

Java
Agile Methodologies
Code Review
Continuous Integration
Data Integrity
DevOps
PostgreSQL
Node.js
Scrum
Query Optimization
Swagger
Openapi
Data Logging
AWS Lambda
Backend
Event Driven Architecture
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Deployment Automation
Api Design
Api Gateway
NestJS
REST
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Webhooks

Requirements

Engineering experience with a strong backend focus

Production Node.js and REST API design

Solid PostgreSQL schema design, query optimization, data integrity

AWS Lambda, RDS, SQS, API Gateway, Secrets Manager

OpenAPI / Swagger documentation experience

Event-driven systems experience queues, webhooks, retry and failure logic

CI/CD pipeline experience and automated deployment workflows

You obsess over API design, documentation, deployment, scalability, and observability

Cross-functional communicator comfortable working directly with Product, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders

Agile practitioner sprint planning, backlog grooming, and code reviews are second nature

End-to-end owner you do not hand off, you follow through to production

Must be currently authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship Strong Plus

ACH payment workflows and NACHA operating rules

Wire, debit card, and real-time payment rail experience beyond ACH

Experience with Java, Spring frameworks, or similar enterprise backend frameworks

Regulated fintech compliance audit logging, idempotency, SOC 2

NestJS or similar structured Node.js frameworks

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