Remote Backend Engineer - Metronome Infra & Scale

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative and innovative work env

Impactful financial products

Mentorship and professional dev

Access to cutting-edge technologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Software Engineer, Metronome Infrastructure to join a leader in the Finance & Insurance space. This role focuses on building and supporting backend infrastructure that scales reliably in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.

You will collaborate with stakeholders across engineering and adjacent teams to deliver user-first value, debug critical issues across services, and mentor fellow engineers while contributing to growth.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of backend software development experience.
• Proficiency in writing high-quality code in Go, Java, C/C++, or similar languages.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong collaboration skills across teams.
• Ability to work autonomously with an entrepreneurial mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design innovative products to meet high-growth customer demand.
• Deliver user-first value through collaboration with stakeholders.
• Mentor and support the professional growth of fellow engineers.
• Debug and resolve critical issues across multiple services and stack levels.

Skills

2+ years backend experience

Go

Java

C/C++

Distributed systems

Collaboration

Autonomy

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Software Engineer, Metronome Infrastructure to join a leader in the Finance & Insurance space. This role focuses on building and supporting backend infrastructure that scales reliably in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.

You will collaborate with stakeholders across engineering and adjacent teams to deliver user-first value, debug critical issues across services, and mentor fellow engineers while contributing to growth.