Remote Staff Backend Engineer - Go, High-Scale FinTech

Ladders; EUA; Teletrabalho; USD 250 000 - 400 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Equity

Unlimited PTO

Healthcare

MacBook Pro setup

401(k)

Resumo da oferta

Ladders is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join a leader in the Finance & Insurance space. This remote role owns critical backend systems in a high-scale, reliable financial environment.

You will shape technical direction across teams, build fast Go services and APIs, and ensure correctness, performance, and operational resilience.

The role offers strong compensation with equity, unlimited PTO, healthcare, a MacBook Pro, and opportunities to influence architecture and engineering standards.

Qualificações

• 7+ years of backend experience with Go, Python, or Java; Go preferred.
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, concurrency, data structures, and algorithms.
• Proven track record designing and operating high-scale distributed systems in production.
• Strong focus on correctness and reliability in financial contexts.
• Demonstrated technical leadership across teams.
• Ability to work independently and manage ambiguity.
• Experience in trading or exchange systems, or risk and fraud engineering is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Own the design, build, and operation of critical backend systems end to end
• Set technical direction and influence architecture across teams
• Transform complex technical problems into actionable plans
• Build fast and reliable services and APIs primarily in Go
• Ensure production reliability through performance tuning and incident response
• Maintain high standards for correctness in financial systems
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop working systems
• Mentor engineers and contribute to engineering standards

Conhecimentos

Go

Python

Java

Distributed systems

Concurrency

System design

Leadership

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Ladders is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join a leader in the Finance & Insurance space. This remote role owns critical backend systems in a high-scale, reliable financial environment.

You will shape technical direction across teams, build fast Go services and APIs, and ensure correctness, performance, and operational resilience.

The role offers strong compensation with equity, unlimited PTO, healthcare, a MacBook Pro, and opportunities to influence architecture and engineering standards.