Senior Backend Engineer – Fintech Payments Platform

Amaris Consulting; Santiago; Presencial; CLP 40.000.000 - 70.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Insight Global partners with a leading global financial technology organization to design, build, and scale backend services for a cross-border payments platform. You will contribute across the full software lifecycle, from architecture to production deployment, supporting onboarding, payments, settlement, FX, and transactions.

You will collaborate with product, compliance, and operations, mentor mid-level engineers, and drive modernization of cloud infrastructure and deployment practices while

Formación

• 6+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Strong experience with C#/.NET or another OOP language (Java, Go, etc.).
• Experience building and supporting production-scale backend systems.
• Payments, fintech, FX, or money movement experience.
• Microservices, event-driven architecture, and system design experience.
• Cloud experience required; AWS preferred.
• Daily use of AI development tools such as Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar.
• Product-focused mindset with strong communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Experience with AWS services such as SQS, Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, and S3.
• Experience with distributed systems and high-volume transaction processing.
• Experience leading technical design discussions and mentoring engineers.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices.

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services supporting financial transactions and payment platform functionality.
• Build and enhance systems related to onboarding, payments, settlement, foreign exchange, and business-critical financial operations.
• Collaborate with product, compliance, and operational teams to deliver new capabilities from concept through deployment.
• Develop and maintain integrations with external partners and third‑party platforms.
• Drive service reliability, monitoring, observability, incident response, and production readiness within assigned domains.
• Participate in architecture discussions, technical planning, and design reviews.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to mid‑level engineers.
• Contribute to modernization initiatives involving cloud infrastructure, service‑oriented architecture, and platform transformation efforts.
• Leverage AI‑assisted development tools throughout the software development lifecycle to improve productivity and code quality.

Conocimientos

Backend development

OOP (C#/.NET, Java, Go)

Production-scale systems

Payments/Fintech experience

Microservices

Cloud experience (AWS)

AI development tools (Copilot, Cursor)

Communication skills

Fast-paced environment

AWS services (SQS, Lambda, ECS, Dynamo

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS or related field

Herramientas

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

Copilot

Cursor

Claude Code

Descripción del empleo

Insight Global partners with a leading global financial technology organization to design, build, and scale backend services for a cross-border payments platform. You will contribute across the full software lifecycle, from architecture to production deployment, supporting onboarding, payments, settlement, FX, and transactions.

You will collaborate with product, compliance, and operations, mentor mid-level engineers, and drive modernization of cloud infrastructure and deployment practices while