Senior Backend Engineer at VC-backed fintech infrastructure startup

Senior Backend Engineer

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VC-backed fintech infrastructure startup

Job Description: As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design and build high-performance infrastructure for a growing financial technology platform. You will work on complex distributed systems, ensuring reliability and scalability while collaborating with a high-caliber technical team. This is a critical role in shaping the core architecture of a platform poised to disrupt modern financial services.

Location: New York City, USA

• Join a high-performance engineering culture where technical excellence and ownership are prioritized from day one
• Backed by top-tier VCs, providing the stability of a well-funded environment with the high-upside potential of an early-stage venture
• Work in a dense, collaborative NYC-based team comprised of graduates from world-leading technical institutions

• Architect and maintain scalable backend services using high-performance languages and modern cloud infrastructure
• Lead the development of mission-critical features from technical design through to production deployment
• Optimize system performance and reliability to handle high-throughput financial data processing

• 2-10 years of professional software engineering experience, preferably within a fast-paced startup or fintech environment
• Strong academic background with a degree from a top-tier university and a deep understanding of computer science fundamentals
• Proficiency in systems programming, with a strong preference for Rust or a desire to master it professionally