Staff Backend Engineer |100% Remote | US- SaaS Fintech (Product based firm)

Role Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain systems on the payments team with primary focus on backend
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—product, and design
• Participate in sprint planning, feasibility assessments, and code reviews
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code in
• Focus on scalability, security, performance, observability, auditability, testability and long-term maintainability
• Contribute to improving SDLC processes and engineering best practices
• Troubleshoot production issues and deliver timely resolutions

What We're Looking For:

• 8-12 years of backend engineering experience with a high agency mindset
• Deep expertise in any of the backend languages (Go or Ruby preferred)
• Solid grasp of payments domain
• Proven experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Strong API development skills (RESTful architecture)
• Excellent problem-solving and communication abilities
• AI fluent

Bonus Points For: (Good to have skills)

• Experience with payment gateway integrations
• Familiarity with PCI compliance and secure coding practices
• Skills in performance optimization (DB, code, etc.)
• Exposure to GCP or other cloud platforms