Backend Engineer (Fully Remote)

Astra; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Remote-first culture

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Astra builds mission-critical infrastructure for moving money at scale. We are a small, remote-first team with a culture of thoughtful collaboration and initiative.

Astra seeks a backend engineer to own significant features in payments, fraud, compliance, and user management, contributing from design to production. You will join a fintech platform with real impact and a path toward broader technical leadership as the team scales.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience in production backend systems.
• Proven ability to deliver features independently from ambiguous requirements.
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and CS fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features across financial systems that move real money daily.
• Collaborate with a small team of engineers on a distributed microservices architecture.
• Take features from design through production across payments, fraud, compliance and user management.

Skills

Backend software engineering

Distributed systems

Algorithms & data structures

Job description

• Build and ship features across financial systems that move real money daily
• Work with a small team of experienced engineers on distributed microservices architecture
• Take on features from design through production across payments, fraud, compliance, and user management

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• 3+ years professional software engineering experience with production backend systems
• Track record of delivering features independently from ambiguous requirements
• Solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, and computer science fundamentals

WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS:

• Direct impact as a key part of a small team building a growing fintech platform
• Work on complex problems that few engineers get to solve
• Path to broader scope and technical Leadership as the team scales

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Competitive compensation with equity in a growing fintech company
• Remote‑first culture with flexible working arrangements
• Opportunity to build mission‑critical financial infrastructure

Astra

Astra builds mission‑critical infrastructure for moving money at scale, processing billions in annual transaction volume. They are a small, remote‑first team with a culture of thoughtful collaboration and initiative.