Staff Backend Engineer

Staff Backend Engineer- Tech Lead |100% Remote | US- SaaS Fintech (Product based firm)

Role Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain systems on the payments team with primary focus on backend

Collaborate with cross-functional teams—product, and design

Participate in sprint planning, feasibility assessments, and code reviews

Write clean, maintainable, and testable code in

Focus on scalability, security, performance, observability, auditability, testability and long-term maintainability

Contribute to improving SDLC processes and engineering best practices

Troubleshoot production issues and deliver timely resolutions

8-12 years of backend engineering experience with a high agency mindset

Deep expertise in any of the backend languages (Go or Ruby preferred)

Solid grasp of payments domain

Proven experience working in Agile/Scrum environments

Strong API development skills (RESTful architecture)

Excellent problem-solving and communication abilities

AI fluent

Bonus Points For: (Good to have skills)

Experience with payment gateway integrations

Familiarity with PCI compliance and secure coding practices

Skills in performance optimization (DB, code, etc.)

Exposure to GCP or other cloud platforms