Backend Engineer, Core APIs

Fingerprint; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Fingerprint is hiring a backend developer to build and optimize real-time data processing services. You’ll design scalable APIs, work with cross-functional teams, and help ensure robust performance and reliability.

You’ll mentor juniors, participate in on-call rotations, and tackle complex issues across distributed services. Strong Go or Node.js skills and SQL experience are essential. This is a fully remote role with global teams.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in backend development
• Strong experience in GoLang and/or Node.js
• Experience designing and maintaining scalable backend systems
• Experience with APIs, real-time data processing, and microservices
• Strong knowledge of SQL and databases like DynamoDB, Redis, or Elasticsearch
• Proficiency with Git, IDEs, shell scripting, and CI/CD
• Proficient in English for clear communication

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
• Conduct deep dives into problematic features and research root causes
• Perform performance tuning, debugging, and testing of backend systems
• Participate in a shared on-call rotation
• Mentor junior developers

Skills

Backend development

Go/Node.js

APIs

Real-time processing

Microservices

SQL

DynamoDB

Redis

Elasticsearch

Git

Shell scripting

CI/CD

English communication

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

ClickHouse

dbt

Snowflake

BigQuery

Datadog

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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
• Conduct deep dives into problematic features and research root causes
• Perform performance tuning, debugging, and testing of backend systems
• Participate in a shared on-call rotation
• Mentor junior developers

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in backend development
• Strong experience in GoLang and/or Node.js
• Experience designing and maintaining scalable backend systems
• Experience with APIs, real-time data processing, and microservices
• Strong knowledge of SQL and databases like DynamoDB, Redis, or Elasticsearch
• Proficiency with Git, IDEs, shell scripting, and CI/CD
• Proficient in English for clear communication

Preferred Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
• Experience with ClickHouse, dbt, Snowflake, or BigQuery
• Experience with observability tools like Datadog
• Understanding of containerization and orchestration like Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with large open-source projects
• Understanding of Internet security and privacy mechanisms

About the Company

Fingerprint empowers enterprises to detect and stop online fraud with the world's most accurate device intelligence. Fingerprint is a globally dispersed, 100% remote company backed by major venture capital firms.