Senior Backend Engineer - Risk Domain

What you'll be doing

  • Take ownership of critical multiplier-type projects that significantly enhance codebase management and automation capabilities.
  • Collaborate closely with platform and product teams, engineers, leads, and product managers to deliver impactful tooling solutions.
  • Prototype solutions quickly and efficiently, adopting a "quick and dirty" approach initially and refining them into robust, scalable tools once the optimal approach is identified.
  • Work alongside other engineers in the team, fostering a collaborative culture.
  • Provide feedback on technical design decisions and help the team make data-driven decisions.

Requirements

  • Strong proficiency in backend programming languages like Java, Python, or Go.
  • Passion for building at scale, having worked on high-throughput systems to ensure fast and reliable services.
  • Deep interest in system design with a platform-focused mindset rather than just feature development.
  • Desire to build meaningful infrastructure that enables others, not just shipping individual code.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice to haves

  • Experience working in fintech or high-trust domains such as risk, identity, or compliance.
  • Experience with messaging systems such as Kafka.
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