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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Finco Services, Inc
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $170,000 - $250,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Data Structures, Relational Databases, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Machine Learning, MongoDB, NoSQL, Object-Oriented Software Development, Scala (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Multithreading, Data Storage Technologies, Backend, Information Technology, Data Management, Stream Processing, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-software-engineer-new-york-ny--6b8bdae8-3ae1-42ce-9ed5-73dc1b85f799

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Futures, Product Development, Data Storage, Data Management, Scala Programming Language, MongoDB, Cloud Storage, Cloud Computing, Java, * 5+ years of software engineering experience, with backend experience using a JVM language, preferably Java

 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
 * Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, object-oriented design, and multi-threaded programming
 * Experience with cloud-hosted services, like AWS or GCP
 * Proficiency in both RDBMS and NoSQL databases
 * Strong problem-solving and communication skills

## Description

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team in New York. This role has a salary range of $170,000 - $250,000. You will work to lead key business initiatives, improve existing architecture and services, and design large-scale data-intensive applications. The ideal candidate should have a background in backend development and experience working with cloud-hosted services. This person should also be a motivated self-starter who is able to feel at ease working in a fast-paced environment.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

 * Owning the end-to-end delivery of key business initiatives from product discovery, to system design, and all the way to feature launch
 * Architecting and evolving core distributed services for reliability, scalability, and performance
 * Designing and delivering large-scale data-intensive applications with cutting edge techniques in:
 * Real-time transaction decisioning
 * Stream-processing
 * Machine learning
 * Evolving org-wide engineering standards for architecture, testing, and monitoring practices and documentation
 * Mentoring engineers through code and architecture reviews, raising the technical bar of the team
 * Partnering with product, data and business stakeholders to shape technical direction and product roadmap