About this role
About the Role
Join the product engineering team at a Series A fintech company building consumer financial tools. You will develop backend features that help people manage cash flow, access earnings, and build credit.
What You'll Do
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Build end-to-end product features, including domain models, business logic, and API integrations.
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Deliver incremental releases and iterate based on product and system performance.
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Use SQL and analytics tools to assess product outcomes and system health.
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Debug complex state machines in event-driven systems that use pub/sub messaging.
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Ship code through CI/CD, own implementations through production, and help resolve incidents.
What We're Looking For
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At least 3 years of experience building backend features for production systems.
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Experience designing and consuming REST APIs, including authentication, authorization, and rate limiting.
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Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues such as Kafka or Pub/Sub, including debugging complex workflows.
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Relational database experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL, including data modeling and query optimization.
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Hands-on experience with CI/CD, version control, automated testing, and code review.
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Experience developing consumer-facing products and using SQL and analytics tools to evaluate performance.
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Strong computer science fundamentals and experience in a high-bar engineering environment, preferably including early-stage startup work.
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Go and GCP experience are relevant; distributed systems experience is also useful.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $120,000 to $200,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California. Seattle candidates may be considered if willing to relocate to San Francisco or Seattle.