Distinguished Principal Backend Engineer FinTech Startup

Distinguished Principal Backend Engineer - Fin Tech Startup

Job Type: Permanent direct hire position. Sponsorship available for visa candidates.

Location:

Remote (California or New York preferred)

Employment Type:

Full time

Compensation: $220k base + meaningful equity + optional sign on bonus

Leadership:
Individual Contributor, Collaborative Environment

A hyper growth SaaS startup (recent $100M raise, led by top tier investors) expanding its engineering team. The product is a loan servicing automation platform built to replace the industry’s slow, analog, Excel‑driven workflows. With proven success, aggressively scaling the SaaS model across the industry this is a rare opportunity to join post‑product validation and pre‑mass scale.

A high‑end, deeply technical Senior Backend Engineer with strong Python (or Java) fundamentals and true ownership mentality. Thrives in ambiguity while building from zero to one. Not looking for comfortable corporate engineers. Ideal candidates have spent the last 3–5 years in startup environments (or at least had a strong startup role recently), building products from scratch in fintech.

• Web application development
• Mobile application development
• Building large scale distributed systems
• Infrastructure management

• Build, scale, and maintain core backend services powering a highly regulated, high volume financial platform.
• Design robust, extensible infrastructure capable of adapting to evolving federal, state, and agency level regulations.
• Write clean, performing, and scalable code while demonstrating strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design to shape user experience and technical direction.
• Own end‑to‑end solutions — understand what you are building, why you’re building it, and how it impacts the business.
• Move quickly and contribute meaningfully in a fast paced, high accountability environment.

• 7+ years of professional high‑level software engineering experience.
• Hands‑on backend engineering with strong Python (or Java).
• Proven execution building from the ground up in a startup environment.
• Deep understanding of fundamental engineering concepts – algorithms, data structures, distributed systems.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate cross‑functionally.
• Ownership mindset, low ego, and excited by solving complex industry problems.

• Python
• Docker, Kubernetes
• Cloud (GCP preferred)
• Modern frontend frameworks
• React exposure is a plus but not required

• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Met Life Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Direct Deposit & weekly e‑payroll
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Certification and training opportunities

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