Senior Backend Engineer: Fintech Payments & Compliance (Remote)

Astra; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation with equity

Remote-first culture

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Astra is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to architect and build financial systems that process millions of dollars daily. The role requires deep systems thinking and technical leadership.

You will design solutions that coordinate payments and compliance across microservices while mentoring junior engineers. Astra values a remote-first culture and offers competitive compensation with equity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building complex, production systems.
• Demonstrated systems engineering experience solving complex, cross-domain challenges.
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and computer science fundamentals.
• Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement payment processing, fraud detection, and compliance systems.
• Coordinate complex interactions between payments, fraud detection, user management, and compliance systems.
• Lead architecture decisions that impact the entire platform.
• Guide junior engineers and establish coding standards.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Systems engineering

Algorithms and data structures

Distributed systems

Event-driven architectures

Microservices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering from an accredited university

Tools

Python

Google Cloud Platform

NoSQL and SQL databases

Job description

Astra is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to architect and build financial systems that process millions of dollars daily. The role requires deep systems thinking and technical leadership.

You will design solutions that coordinate payments and compliance across microservices while mentoring junior engineers. Astra values a remote-first culture and offers competitive compensation with equity.