Senior Backend Engineer
$170,000–$220,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Design and maintain scalable backend systems for a fintech credit card platform, handling high-volume transactions and complex financial data. Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to drive the full product development cycle, ensuring solutions address real customer needs in financial inclusion. Leverage experience with Go, TypeScript, or Java to optimize systems for edge cases and failure modes while improving engineering practices and customer experience. Work independently in a small, collaborative team within Dallas, Texas, contributing to initiatives that empower underserved borrowers with sustainable credit options.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience with backend or full stack solutions
- Self-starter and able to work independently
- Enjoy thinking about systems — their life cycles, edge cases, interactions, and failure modes
Desired Qualifications
- Go (Preferred)
- TypeScript
- Java
- Python
- Ruby
- Postgres
- Redis
- AWS
- Experience in fintech, payments, processing, card networks, banking, or early stage startup
- Passionate about financial inclusion and mobility
- Desire to work collaboratively
- Help with raising the bar!
- Resiliency
- Experimentation and grit to find solutions for our customers' problems
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