Backend Engineer, Fintech Platform for Homeowners

Made Card; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

401k plan

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Flexible time off

Job summary

A fintech startup in New York is looking for a Backend Engineer to help build and scale services that power its homeowner platform. You will design and maintain databases, optimize APIs, and ensure performance while collaborating with product and frontend teams. Ideal candidates have 3–5+ years of experience in backend engineering, with proficiency in Python and familiarity with tools like Postgres and AWS. This role offers a competitive salary and various benefits, including equity and flexible time off.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Python and building distributed web applications.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful services.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services and APIs using Python.
• Design, implement, and optimize data models.
• Contribute to deployments and scaling using Kubernetes and Docker.

Skills

Python

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Tools

Postgres

DynamoDB

Redis

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Job description

A fintech startup in New York is looking for a Backend Engineer to help build and scale services that power its homeowner platform. You will design and maintain databases, optimize APIs, and ensure performance while collaborating with product and frontend teams. Ideal candidates have 3–5+ years of experience in backend engineering, with proficiency in Python and familiarity with tools like Postgres and AWS. This role offers a competitive salary and various benefits, including equity and flexible time off.