Backend Engineer

Arvion Services; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual salary reviews

Birthday leave

Additional leave based on service (up

Employer retirement contribution

Healthcare coverage

Employee stock purchase program

Volunteer day

Refreshments in office

Mental health support

Global fintech collaboration

Job summary

Arvionservices is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join a global fintech organization focused on cross-border payments. You will own backend challenges end-to-end, from API design to platform modernization.

You will mentor engineers, design scalable payment infrastructure, and collaborate with product, compliance, and operations while advancing cloud-native architectures and AI-assisted development practices.

Qualifications

• 6 to 10+ years of production backend experience.
• Proficient in C#/.NET; knowledge of Java/Kotlin/Go is a plus.
• Strong SQL and relational DB skills.
• Experience with automated tests as part of SDLC.
• Hands-on with AI-assisted development tools.
• Experience with AWS, CI/CD and modern deployment.
• Expertise in payments/fintech or regulated domains.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and own backend services for payments and related financial services.
• Lead the delivery of new platform capabilities from problem definition through production launch.
• Build partner integrations and settlement infrastructure critical to business operations.
• Own production health within your domain, including observability, reliability, incident response, and on-call support.
• Collaborate with Product, Compliance, Operations, Architecture, and Engineering teams to deliver scalable and secure solutions.
• Lead technical design reviews, define architecture decisions, and establish engineering best practices.
• Mentor and support the growth of mid-level engineers through technical leadership and knowledge sharing.
• Drive modernization initiatives, including migration from legacy systems to modern cloud-native architectures.
• Champion the adoption of AI-assisted software development tools and practices throughout the software development lifecycle.

Skills

Backend development

C#/.NET

Architectural design

Mentoring

Communication

AI-assisted development

Payments/fintech domain

SQL relational databases

Tools

AWS

CI/CD

SQS

DynamoDB

S3

ECS

Lambda

GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Claude Code

Postman

Bruno

Redis

Job description

Job Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join a global fintech organization specializing in cross-border payments technology. This role is ideal for a hands‑on engineer who enjoys owning complex backend challenges end-to-end, from API design and data modeling to service architecture, production reliability, and platform modernization. The successful candidate will play a key role in building scalable payment infrastructure while providing technical leadership and mentorship across engineering teams.

What Will You Do:

• Design, develop, and own backend services that support payments, multi-currency balances, onboarding, compliance, settlement, and related financial services.
• Lead the delivery of new platform capabilities from problem definition through production launch.
• Build and maintain partner integrations and settlement infrastructure critical to business operations.
• Own production health within your domain, including observability, reliability, incident response, and on-call support.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Compliance, Operations, Architecture, and Engineering teams to deliver scalable and secure solutions.
• Lead technical design reviews, define architecture decisions, and establish engineering best practices.
• Mentor and support the growth of mid-level engineers through technical leadership and knowledge sharing.
• Drive modernization initiatives, including migration from legacy systems to modern cloud‑native architectures.
• Champion the adoption of AI‑assisted software development tools and practices throughout the software development lifecycle.

What Makes You a Good Fit:

• 6 to 10+ years of experience building and operating production‑grade backend services end-to-end.
• Strong backend development experience, preferably with C#/.NET; candidates with Java, Kotlin, Go, or other object‑oriented programming experience are also encouraged to apply.
• Solid understanding of SQL and relational database technologies.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and executing automated tests as part of the software delivery lifecycle.
• Hands‑on experience using AI‑assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong experience with AWS cloud services, CI/CD pipelines, and modern deployment practices, including services such as SQS, DynamoDB, S3, ECS, and Lambda.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, system design, microservices, service‑oriented architectures, and event‑driven systems.
• Experience working within payments, foreign exchange, fintech, or regulated industries.
• Demonstrated technical leadership experience, including mentoring engineers, conducting design reviews, and making architecture decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with financial systems, including ledgers, double‑entry accounting, or financial transaction platforms.
• Experience participating in hiring, interviewing, or onboarding technical talent.
• Experience leading platform modernization or migration initiatives.
• Experience with caching technologies such as Redis or Memcached.
• Familiarity with project management and documentation tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or Bruno.
• Experience leveraging AI tools for automated testing and software quality engineering.

What We Offer:

• Competitive remuneration package with annual salary reviews.
• Paid birthday leave.
• Additional annual leave entitlement based on years of service (up to 5 extra days).
• Employer retirement contribution benefits.
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage.
• Employee stock purchase program.
• Paid volunteering day to support a charity of your choice.
• Complimentary office refreshments, including fruit, snacks, beverages, and coffee.
• Access to mental health and wellbeing support resources.
• Opportunity to work with a global fintech organization on innovative payment technologies.

Working Arrangement:

• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Out stationed candidates must be willing to travel to the Christchurch office as required for company meetings, collaboration sessions, and events.
• Opportunity to collaborate with global engineering teams across multiple regions.