Senior Software Engineer (Backend/Distributed Systems)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Software Engineer (Backend/Distributed Systems)

• Focus: Scalable distributed systems for real-time trading, balances, and account management

• Collaboration: Work with frontend and data engineering partners to deliver APIs

Description

Design and build large-scale distributed systems for a national financial initiative, delivering a standalone web and app experience. Lead technically complex projects, shape architecture decisions, and build well-structured REST APIs with strict correctness and availability requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve scalable backend systems balancing performance, reliability, and maintainability

• Design, implement, test, and release product-facing features with high correctness and availability

• Partner with frontend and data engineers to define and refine REST APIs serving millions

• Lead large, technically complex projects end-to-end

• Mentor junior engineers via code reviews, design discussions, and hands-on guidance

• Identify opportunities to improve system performance, developer productivity, and operational risk

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience

• 3+ years building low-latency, large-scale distributed systems in production

• Experience designing and operating highly concurrent systems

• Experience designing and operating well-structured REST APIs

• Demonstrated ownership of large projects with sustained impact

• Strong technical judgment and prioritization aligned with business and reliability goals

• Ability to break down complex problems and deliver practical, high-quality solutions

• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical direction

Benefits

• Performance-driven compensation with multipliers, bonus programs, and equity ownership

• 401(k) matching

• 100% paid employee health insurance and 90% coverage for dependents

• Flexible spending account (Lifestyle wallet)

• Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits

• Time off including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, and parental leave

• Exceptional office experience (catered meals, events, comfortable workspaces)