Senior Backend Engineer – FinTech AI platform (Hybrid)

Riskified; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid mode of work

Flexible schedule

Healthcare benefits

Fully-stocked kitchens

Wellness program

Team events

Happy hours

Gifts and swag

Job summary

Riskified in Lisbon is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to build scalable FinTech backends in an Agile setting. You will own feature planning with Product and Design, select technologies, design code and architecture, review pull requests, and deploy within CI/CD.

You will mentor others and work end-to-end on Riskified’s core offerings. The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and delivering high-quality backend systems using Scala/Java, AWS, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Spark and

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of hands-on server-side coding experience.
• Self-directed learning approach to software development.
• Commitment to clean, SOLID and resilient code.
• Proficiency in Scala/Java with practical work experience.
• Proficiency with database technologies (SQL/noSQL).
• Familiarity with stream applications is a plus.
• Experience mentoring fellow developers.
• A collaborative team player with strong communication and autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and develop highly scalable architectures for ML systems.
• Work on real-time and batch jobs across Scala/Node.js and related tech.
• Perform daily code deployments to production using CI/CD tools.
• Contribute to end-to-end product development across risk platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to design and implement features.

Skills

Scala/Java

Server-side coding

Mentoring

Communication

Autonomous work

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Spark

Aerospike

SQL/noSQL

Job description

Riskified in Lisbon is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to build scalable FinTech backends in an Agile setting. You will own feature planning with Product and Design, select technologies, design code and architecture, review pull requests, and deploy within CI/CD.

You will mentor others and work end-to-end on Riskified’s core offerings. The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and delivering high-quality backend systems using Scala/Java, AWS, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Spark and