Remote Senior Backend Engineer - Real-Time Fintech

Prophetx; New York (NY); Remote; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity opportunities

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Fully remote within the U.S.

Job summary

Prophetx is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (IC3) to own the design, development, deployment and maintenance of complex backend systems. You will lead delivery on large projects, translate product requirements into engineering tasks, and act as a technical anchor for junior engineers.

At this level, you will define and manage solutions for highly complex problems and drive delivery across smaller teams, while collaborating with offshore and globally distributed teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on backend experience in Go, Java, C++, or Python, with deep Go ecosystem knowledge preferred.
• 2+ years building on AWS or equivalent cloud platforms (GCP, Azure).
• Proven experience building highly scalable, real-time systems in a production environment.
• Strong command of microservices architecture, including design patterns and best practices.
• Experience with event-driven and asynchronous system design, including technologies like Kafka.
• Expertise designing RESTful and WebSocket APIs.
• In-depth knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Working knowledge of containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as New Relic, Datadog, or Kibana.
• Proficiency with Git or equivalent version control.
• Experience with testing frameworks and writing unit tests.
• Strong communicator, able to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proactive, growth-focused, and highly adaptable with a strong sense of ownership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of multiple large projects within one team, with production-level ownership.
• Translate product requirements into detailed engineering tasks and be the translation layer between product and engineering.
• Monitor product health proactively and drive resolution of functional and performance issues.
• Contribute to the evolution of key systems and frameworks, balancing innovation with reliability.
• Set and uphold best practices in software development across your workstream.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and technologies and drive their adoption.
• Collaborate effectively with offshore and globally distributed engineering teams.
• Analyze complex problems and break them into manageable workstreams for junior engineers.
• Proactively seek development opportunities and share knowledge with peers and junior engineers.

Skills

Go

Java

C++

Python

AWS

GCP

Azure

Microservices

Event-driven design

Kafka

RESTful APIs

WebSocket APIs

SQL

NoSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Monitoring

Logging

Git

Unit tests

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

New Relic

Datadog

Kibana

Job description

Prophetx is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (IC3) to own the design, development, deployment and maintenance of complex backend systems. You will lead delivery on large projects, translate product requirements into engineering tasks, and act as a technical anchor for junior engineers.

At this level, you will define and manage solutions for highly complex problems and drive delivery across smaller teams, while collaborating with offshore and globally distributed teams.