Fintech Engineer San Francisco CA

AHU Technologies; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AHU Technologies Inc in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Fintech Engineering Lead who will shape engineering standards and build a high-performance, secure app that handles real money.

You will drive backend architecture, collaborate with founders, and own critical services using Python/FastAPI, Postgres, Redis, and AWS, with opportunities to explore Rust or Go for performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building fintech software with ledgering, payments processing, stablecoin infra, or risk/fraud experience.
• Backend experience with Postgres, Redis, AWS, etc.

Responsibilities

• Lead fintech engineering initiatives and set engineering standards.
• Build a highly performant, secure app handling real money at scale.
• Collaborate with founders and cross-functional teams to deliver the product roadmap.

Skills

Python

Redis

PostgreSQL

Go

AWS

Rust

FastAPI

Job description

Location: San Francisco, CA
Visa Status: US Citizens and Green Card Holders
Skills: Python, Redis, PostgreSQL, Go (Golang), AWS, Rust, FastAPI

The Role

We're seeking a Fintech Engineering Lead who has directly leverable B2C banking, stablecoin, or payments experience. This is a critically important role on our team. You’ll be working with the technical founders to set standards that conform with industry engineering best practices and building a highly performant, reliable, and secure app from the ground up.

Our stack

• Python (FastAPI) monolith supported by Postgres and Redis on AWS. We are open to Rust and/or Go for any services that need to be broken out for performance.
• Backend serves a REST API that powers our iOS, Android, and Web frontends. We are integrating with cryptocurrency wallet and banking service providers, among other services for auth, ledger, payment rails, etc.

This is a financial services application with significant complexity handling real money at scale, internationally.

Requirements

• 5+ years building and shipping fintech software with deep expertise in at least one of the following systems: ledgering, payments processing, stablecoin infra, risk/fraud management
• Experience generally across the backend: working with Postgres, Redis, AWS, etc.

You might be an especially good fit if you have a Full-stack engineering skillset, with ability to flex across other parts of the stack