Backend Engineer

About the role:

Help build the backend of our neobank: dollar accounts, wallets, and cross-border payments on stablecoin rails. You’ll report to the Engineering Manager and own core services from design to production.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and ship backend services and APIs for wallet, payments, KYC/AML, and remittance
• Integrate with blockchains and payment providers; handle key management and signing
• Write high-quality Node.js/TypeScript code; design and tune PostgreSQL schemas
• Own CI/CD, deployments, monitoring, and reliability (SLA/SLO thinking)
• Debug incidents and optimize performance
• Document designs and collaborate closely with product, compliance, and engineering leads

Key KPIs:

• Reliability: System Reliability and availability 
• Integration performance: latency, throughput, resilience
• Security: zero critical vulns; safe custody
• Scale & performance: API/db speed, fault tolerance
• Code quality: maintainability, bug rates, reviews
• Delivery: on-time features/integrations
• Team impact: mentorship, knowledge sharing

Qualification:

• 3–5 years backend experience
• Strong Node.js (TS/JS) and REST/RPC fundamentals
• Solid grasp of async vs sync patterns, caching, and high-traffic systems
• PostgreSQL: schema design, indexing, performance
• CI/CD, Git, testing, and good communication
• Startup mindset: ownership, speed, comfort with ambiguity

Nice to have:

• Wallet/blockchain rails (Ethereum/L2s/Solana), stablecoins
• Smart contracts (e.g., Solidity)
• Distributed systems/microservices at scale
• NoSQL knowledge (key-value, graph, etc.)
• Fintech/payments/neobank background
• Custody models (MPC/HSM), KYC/AML, FX integrations
• Cross-chain/bridges, L2 scaling
• Open-source contributions if any

Compensation and benefits are aligned with the best industry standards.