Senior Software Engineer, Backend

You will build and maintain reliable, scalable backend systems and services used by TRM customers and internal teams. You will design backend APIs with a focus on performance and the customer experience, and develop and maintain public APIs. You will collaborate with stakeholders to translate product visions into roadmaps and outcomes, lead projects as a technical anchor, and support internal business units through shared engineering services. You will participate in weekly sprints, join an on-call rotation for internal tools, and use time-boxed spikes to evaluate implementation options. You will communicate complex ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences and apply AI tools to accelerate your work.

Responsibilities

• Build reliable and scalable backend systems
• Design backend APIs with a focus on customer experience and performance
• Develop and maintain public APIs
• Support internal business units through shared engineering services
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate product vision into roadmaps and outcomes
• Lead projects as a technical anchor
• Participate in weekly sprint cycles
• Rotate on-call to triage internal tools issues
• Perform time-boxed spikes to evaluate implementation options
• Communicate complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences

Requirements

• Experience designing and building scalable systems, web applications, APIs, and services
• Understanding of storage systems such as relational databases (e.g., Postgres) and analytical databases
• Demonstrated experience understanding customer pain points and translating them into technical and product requirements
• High degree of initiative and ownership and ability to navigate ambiguity
• Ability to structure problems and identify and prioritize critical issues
• Effective verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience working collaboratively in a cross-functional environment