Backend Engineer, Core APIs

Fingerprint; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fingerprint is a globally remote company that builds identity and fraud prevention tech. We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Core APIs team, focusing on high-performance backend systems for real-time data processing and API scaling in Go and Node.js.

You will own features from concept to deployment, work with cross-functional teams, and participate in an on-call rotation. Strong knowledge of distributed systems, databases, and security is required; mentoring junior developers is

Qualifications

• 2+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong GoLang and/or Node.js experience.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems.
• Experience with APIs, real-time data processing, and microservices architectures.
• Strong SQL skills; experience with DynamoDB, Redis or Elasticsearch.
• Proficiency with Git, IDEs, shell scripting, CI/CD.
• Proficient in English for clear communication in a global, remote team.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize backend systems for real-time data processing and web services.
• Work with cross-functional teams to integrate backend components with other services, ensuring performance and scalability.
• Conduct deep dives into problematic features, research, experiments, and translate findings into improvements.
• Performance tuning, debugging, and testing of backend systems; share engineering best practices.
• This role includes participation in a shared on-call rotation with balanced coverage.
• Mentor junior developers to help the team grow in mission and abilities.

Skills

Go

Node.js

APIs

Real-time processing

Microservices

SQL

DynamoDB

Redis

Elasticsearch

Git

CI/CD

English

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Fingerprint empowers enterprises to detect and stop online fraud with the world's most accurate device intelligence. We lead our industry with bleeding-edge identification capabilities and work on turning new ideas and discoveries in the fraud detection space into reality. Our customers range from innovative startups to leading enterprise companies, including Plaid, Dropbox, and Booking.com.

Fingerprint is a globally dispersed, 100% remote company. We were named on the 2026 Forbes Best Startup Employers list and ranked #803 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies.

We have raised $77M and are backed by Craft Ventures (Tesla, Facebook, Airbnb ), Nexus Venture Partners ( Postman, Apollo.io, MinIO, Druva) and Uncorrelated Ventures ( Redis, Rollbar, Gradle).

Backend Engineer, Core APIs

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to be part of the development of end-to-end fraud detection solutions for our API team. Your primary responsibility will be building highly performant backend systems and infrastructure that handle large-scale real-time data processing.

This role requires strong experience and skills in backend software development, particularly focused on API development and scaling existing systems in both Go and Node.js. You will design and implement scalable, high-performance backend systems, ensuring smooth integration with other components. You'll take ownership of features from concept to final deployment, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable and robust solutions.

A key aspect of this role involves a deep understanding of scaling distributed systems thereby allowing us to multiply our capacity safely and efficiently as our user base continues to grow rapidly.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize backend systems for real-time data processing and web services.
• Work with cross-functional teams to integrate backend components with other services, ensuring performance and scalability.
• Conduct deep dives into problematic features, researching and analyzing their behavior to understand root causes and identify potential solutions. Develop hypotheses, run experiments, analyze results, and translate findings into actionable engineering improvements.
• Conduct performance tuning, debugging, and testing of backend systems to ensure reliability and efficiency. Foster a data-driven culture by sharing engineering best practices and collaborating on cross-functional projects.
• This role includes participation in a shared on-call rotation. The schedule will be communicated in advance, and we strive to balance coverage equitably while minimizing off-hours disruptions.
• Mentor junior developers, helping all team members grow in our mission, values and abilities.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in backend development
• Strong, demonstrated experience in GoLang and/or Node.js with a willingness to learn.
• Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems.
• Experience with building and optimizing APIs, real-time data processing systems, and microservices architectures.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and experience with databases like DynamoDB, Redis, or Elasticsearch.
• Proficiency with general software engineering tools: Git, IDEs, shell scripting, CI/CD.
• Proficient in English for clear communication in a global, remote team.
• Ability to work independently on tasks while effectively collaborating as a team member.

Nice to Have

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation. Backend development: Golang and NodeJS (Preferred), TypeScript, Express or equivalent. Data analytics/processing: ClickHouse, dbt.
• Practical experience with analytical storage systems like ClickHouse, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or Databricks.
• Experience with observability tools like Datadog or other monitoring and logging platforms.
• Understanding of modern containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with working with large open-source projects to address the needs of a wide variety of stakeholders as well as to demonstrate the ability to work and communicate asynchronously across a world-wide team.
• Demonstrated experience with both Node.js and Go in a backend context.
• Excellent understanding of Internet security & privacy mechanisms.

Compensation Range

For US-based employees, the cash compensation range for this role is $130,000 – $180,000. We set standard ranges for all US roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. To comply with local legislation and provide greater transparency, we share salary ranges on all job postings. However, these ranges are specific to the hiring location and may differ within or outside the US.

Due to regulatory and security reasons, there's a small number of countries where we cannot have Fingerprint teammates based. Additionally, because Fingerprint is an all-remote company and people can join our workforce from almost any country, we do not sponsor visas. Fingerprint teammates need to be authorized to work from their home location.

We are dedicated to creating an inclusive work environment for everyone. We embrace and celebrate the unique experiences, perspectives and cultural backgrounds that each employee brings to our workplace. Fingerprint strives to foster an environment where our employees feel respected, valued and empowered, and our team members are at the forefront in helping us promote and sustain an inclusive workplace. We highly encourage people from underrepresented groups in tech to apply.

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