Software Engineer - Backend

Sardine; India; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

MacBook Pro provided

Home office stipend

Meal stipend

Learning stipend

Flexible time off

Offices: remote-friendly policy

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Sardine is seeking a backend-focused Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain APIs and services at scale. The role emphasizes reliable backend systems, data pipelines, and collaboration with multiple teams to deliver robust fintech solutions.

The ideal candidate has extensive backend experience, strong Golang skills, and a track record in production services, especially within banking or fraud-prevention contexts. This is a remote-first position based in India.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Golang proficiency is a significant advantage.
• Data engineering experience is highly desirable.
• Track record delivering high‑quality production services.
• Customer‑centric approach with empathy for users.
• Industry experience in banking/fintech and fraud prevention.
• Proficient in English for communication and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Design, create, and maintain robust backend services.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to architect new services from inception to delivery.
• Develop features and capabilities that deliver value to customers.
• Coordinate with engineering and product teams to align efforts.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for services.
• Help shape engineering standards and practices across the org.

Skills

Backend development

Golang

Data engineering

Production services

Customer-centric

Fintech domain

English proficiency

Tools

Golang

Ruby

TypeScript

Bigtable

Postgres

GCP Dataflow

BigQuery

Python

Job description

Who we are:

Sardine is the leading agentic risk platform for fighting financial crime. Our integrated solution unifies data across risk teams to help organizations stop fraud in real time, prevent AI-driven attacks, and automate fraud and AML operations. Sardine’s platform is strengthened by one of the fastest-growing fraud consortiums in the market, spanning more than 6 billion profiled devices, 800 million consumers, and 3 million businesses worldwide. Leading companies including FIS, GoDaddy, Intuit, Edward Jones, ZoomInfo, and Checkout.com rely on Sardine to secure and grow trust in their products.

Our culture:

• We hire talented, self-motivated individuals with extreme ownership and high growth orientation.

• We value performance and not hours worked. We believe you shouldn't have to miss your family dinner, your kid's school play, friends get-together, or doctor's appointments for the sake of adhering to an arbitrary work schedule.

• We're a remote-first team spread across time zones, so no office to report to - work from wherever helps you do your best work. Just a couple of things to keep in mind: pay is based on where you're located, and you'll need to keep a home base in the country you're hired in. So while we love the "coffee shop today, mountains tomorrow" life, this isn't a passport-optional, work-from-anywhere-on-Earth kind of remote - think flexible within your country, not borderless.

Location:

Remote - India
To be considered for this position, you must reside in one of the following cities:

• Karnataka: Bangalore/Bengaluru

• Delhi: Delhi

• Harayana: Gurugram

• Chennai: Chennai

• Maharashtra: Mumbai

• Maharashtra: Pune

About the Role:

As a backend-focused Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, constructing,

and maintaining APIs, services, and systems across our engineering team. This multifaceted

position involves developing new features on a large scale, refining internal tooling and

processes, contributing to product and technical roadmaps, and assuming diverse

responsibilities within the organization. The ideal candidate for the backend role will have a

proven track record in building highly available APIs, with additional proficiency in data pipelines and the relevant domain.

What you'll be doing:

• Design, create, and maintain robust, efficient, and reliable backend services to meet our platform's evolving needs.

• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to architect and implement new services from inception to delivery.

• Contribute to developing new features and capabilities that deliver substantial value to our customers.

• Work with various engineering and product teams to synchronize efforts and deliver cutting-edge solutions.

• Craft and maintain user-facing technical documentation, enhancing user understanding and facilitating seamless adoption of our services.

• Play a pivotal role in shaping our company's engineering culture, ensuring the maintenance of high engineering standards across the organization.

What you’ll need:

• 7+ years of proven experience as a Software Engineer specializing in web backend development.

• Proficiency in Golang is a significant advantage.

• Additional experience in data engineering is highly desirable.

• A track record of successfully delivering high-quality production services and systems.

• Customer-centric approach with a strong emphasis on empathy towards users.

• Relevant industry experience, particularly in banking or fintech, and domain knowledge in fraud prevention or compliance.

• Proficient in English - from casual chats to formal reports.

Technologies we use:

• Golang

• Ruby

• TypeScript (React + node)

• Bigtable

• Postgres / PostgreSQL

• GCP dataflow (apache beam)

• BigQuery

• Python

Benefits we offer:

• Generous compensation in cash and equity

• Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested

• Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture

• Flexible paid time off and Year-end break

• Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents - US and Canada specific

• 4% matching in 401k / RRSP - US and Canada specific

• MacBook Pro delivered to your door

• One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, chair, screen, etc.

• Monthly meal stipend

• Monthly social meet-up stipend

• Annual health and wellness stipend

• Annual Learning stipend

Join a fast-growing company with world-class professionals from around the world. If you are seeking a meaningful career, you found the right place, and we would love to hear from you.

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