Senior Backend Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Backend Engineer (Backend)

• Focus: APIs, databases, microservices for a financial data platform

Description

Build and maintain the backend infrastructure behind a financial data platform that productizes structured data extracted from document pipelines powered by LLMs and NLP. Develop highly performant APIs and database services, and expand a microservices backend architecture. Collaborate with Product and other engineering teams in an Agile environment to deliver interactive web applications for end users.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain APIs and databases for an expanding application suite

• Partner with Product to define requirements and deliver highly performant applications

• Expand and build upon a microservices backend architecture

• Work with Engineering teams (Frontend, Data Platform, Infrastructure) using modern Agile project management

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in a startup, financial institution, or technology company

• Strong backend Python fundamentals, especially with FastAPI

• Strong working knowledge of GraphQL and REST APIs

• Working knowledge of databases and data warehouses

• Experience with DevOps best practices, including CI/CD and QA

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Nice to Have

• Experience with Strawberry (Python GraphQL library)

• Experience with AWS

• Experience with PostGraphile

• Frontend development experience (especially React)

• Experience working with financial data and clients