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Senior Backend Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a significant backend focus
  • Proven track record building and scaling production systems with Node.js and AWS
  • Proficiency with TypeScript for backend development
  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability

Responsibilities

  • Own backend systems and infrastructure end-to-end, designing, deploying, and scaling them on AWS
  • Build performant, reliable APIs and services that power consumer financial products
  • Design and implement scalable architectures using Node.js and TypeScript
  • Establish technical patterns and best practices for the engineering team

Key facts

Other skills

  • Critical Thinking
  • Accountability
  • Quality Assurance

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Job description

About the Role

This is a senior backend engineering role at a bootstrapped fintech startup building credit-access products for underserved Americans. You'll own critical infrastructure end-to-end — from design through deployment — and play a meaningful part in shaping the technical direction of a small, high-ownership engineering team.

What You'll Do

  • Own backend systems and infrastructure end-to-end, designing, deploying, and scaling them on AWS.

  • Build performant, reliable APIs and services that power consumer financial products.

  • Design and implement scalable architectures using Node.js and TypeScript.

  • Make pragmatic tradeoffs between speed, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.

  • Ship production code frequently while maintaining high quality standards.

  • Establish technical patterns and best practices for the engineering team.

  • Collaborate with product engineers and stakeholders to drive meaningful outcomes.

  • Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery without compromising quality.

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a significant backend focus.

  • Proven track record building and scaling production systems with Node.js and AWS.

  • Proficiency with TypeScript for backend development.

  • Experience designing and implementing scalable backend architectures and APIs.

  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability; comfortable working end-to-end from design through deployment and monitoring.

  • Ability to think critically about architectural decisions and their long-term implications.

  • Comfort thriving in ambiguity and making sound technical decisions with incomplete information.

  • High standards for code quality and system reliability.

  • Enthusiasm for AI-assisted development as a force multiplier — and the judgment to use it well.

  • Nice to have: Experience in fintech, financial services, or credit systems; familiarity with React/Next.js; experience establishing engineering best practices within a team.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $150,000 – $250,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Location

Fully remote, United States only.

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