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# Staff Software Engineer

- **Company:** Radley James
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Salary:** $225,000 - $290,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Data Security, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, Performance Tuning, Software Architecture, Spring-boot, Reliability of Systems, Database Performance, Backend, Api Design
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/2_172190442

## About the Role

* Strong experience designing and building production-grade backend systems.
 * Expertise in Java, Spring Boot or comparable backend technologies.
 * Proven experience scaling PostgreSQL databases and optimising performance.
 * Strong hands-on experience with AWS in production environments.
 * Solid understanding of distributed systems, API design, system reliability and scalability.
 * Ability to take ownership of complex technical challenges from architecture through implementation.
 * Comfortable working in a small, fast-moving engineering team with considerable autonomy.
 * Previous FinTech or financial services experience is advantageous, but not essential.

## Description

* Design, develop and scale high-performance backend services supporting complex financial workflows.
 * Take ownership of backend architecture, scalability, reliability and performance optimisation.
 * Build and optimise distributed services capable of handling growing transaction volumes and data-intensive workloads.
 * Improve database performance, data access patterns and overall system efficiency.
 * Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure to support secure, resilient production environments.
 * Help establish the technical foundations for AI-driven functionality and automation.
 * Work closely with senior leadership to shape engineering priorities and long-term architecture.
 * Contribute to technical standards, architectural decisions and engineering best practices., * High-impact engineering: Work on complex backend challenges with meaningful production requirements.
 * Direct influence: Collaborate closely with company leadership and help define engineering direction.
 * AI innovation: Contribute to infrastructure supporting intelligent automation and emerging AI capabilities.
 * Early-stage opportunity: Join a small team where individual contributions have a direct impact on the product and business.

Interested? xrbllit

If you're a strong backend engineer who enjoys solving difficult scalability challenges, taking architectural ownership and building high-performance systems, we'd be keen to speak with you.