Backend Engineer, Fintech Scale & Real-Time ML (Equity)

Current; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) plan

Discretionary bonus

Biannual performance reviews

Healthcare premiums covered

Job summary

Current, a leading consumer fintech platform based in NYC, is seeking a Software Engineer to join our backend team. You will work on scalable services in a distributed microservices architecture using Java, with a cloud-first stack (GKE, MongoDB, Spanner, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, BigQuery).

You should have 2+ years of backend experience on the JVM, a bachelor's in CS/EE, and a drive to own features from design to production in a fast-paced, impact-focused environment. Salary range is $150,000–$200,000.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software engineering experience with backend on a JVM language (preferably Java).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and OO design.
• Experience with RDBMS or NoSQL databases and cloud-hosted services.

Responsibilities

• Own well-scoped features from design to production in a distributed microservices setup.
• Build and maintain backend services within a scalable architecture.
• Contribute to data-intensive applications and real-time data processing and ML-enabled features.
• Participate in code reviews and uphold engineering quality, testing, monitoring and docs.

Skills

Backend development

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE

Tools

MongoDB

Spanner

Pub/Sub

Dataflow

BigQuery

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Current, a leading consumer fintech platform based in NYC, is seeking a Software Engineer to join our backend team. You will work on scalable services in a distributed microservices architecture using Java, with a cloud-first stack (GKE, MongoDB, Spanner, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, BigQuery).

You should have 2+ years of backend experience on the JVM, a bachelor's in CS/EE, and a drive to own features from design to production in a fast-paced, impact-focused environment. Salary range is $150,000–$200,000.