Lead Fintech Backend Engineer — Payment & Ledger Systems

HRB; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A fintech company in Toronto is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to build and scale the core payment infrastructure, financial APIs, and ledger systems. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of backend engineering experience, with expertise in NestJS, TypeScript, and Google Cloud Platform. You'll collaborate closely with technical leads to design secure financial systems and handle high transaction volumes. This role is essential in shaping our technology landscape and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience, with 2+ years in fintech or payments.
• Expert-level with NestJS/Node.js and TypeScript for building production APIs.
• Hands-on experience with ledger systems and financial data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale backend services using NestJS and TypeScript on Google Cloud Platform.
• Design and maintain robust ledger systems and financial data models.
• Integrate with financial APIs and payment processors while ensuring PCI compliance.

Skills

Backend engineering

Fintech experience

NestJS

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

Google Cloud Platform

Payment processing

Microservices

Tools

Terraform

Google Cloud SQL

Job description

A fintech company in Toronto is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to build and scale the core payment infrastructure, financial APIs, and ledger systems. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of backend engineering experience, with expertise in NestJS, TypeScript, and Google Cloud Platform. You'll collaborate closely with technical leads to design secure financial systems and handle high transaction volumes. This role is essential in shaping our technology landscape and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.