Senior Backend Engineer

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing financial technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead the design and delivery of core backend systems for a software platform, taking ambiguous problems from first idea to dependable production services. The work spans data infrastructure, transaction-handling services and internal tooling, with a high degree of autonomy in a fast-paced startup setting.

What you'll do

- Build and maintain production backend services for core data and transaction infrastructure using TypeScript and Node.js.

- Design APIs, services and data models that other teams rely on, prioritizing correctness and reliability.

- Develop internal tooling that gives colleagues clearer visibility into data and automated outcomes so they can work faster.

- Drive loosely defined projects from problem framing through a proposed approach, incremental releases and continued refinement.

- Improve the reliability, latency and accuracy of systems that influence business-critical decisions.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- 5+ years of backend engineering experience.

- A history of taking sole responsibility for a significant initiative from start to finish, ideally in a startup or a highly selective technology company.

- Strong production experience with TypeScript.

- Strong SQL and relational database skills.

- Prior experience building payments systems.

- Experience with AWS and serverless architecture.

- Proficiency in Python.

- Experience with data pipelines or ETL.

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 170,000 to 230,000 per year

- Equity

Location and work model

- San Francisco, California, United States

- On-site, 3 days per week in office

- Full-time