Senior Backend Engineer – Fraud Prevention (Remote)

Sardine; United States; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous equity compensation

MacBook Pro delivered to your door

Remote-first culture

Job summary

Sardine is seeking a backend-focused Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain highly available APIs and services for a growing fintech platform. You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to shape roadmaps, deliver scalable features, and improve internal tooling while upholding high engineering standards.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in web backend development, strong English communication, and a track record of delivering production-grade systems.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of proven experience as a Software Engineer specializing in web backend development.
• Proficiency in English for casual chats to formal reports.
• Golang proficiency is a significant advantage.
• Experience in banking or fintech and domain knowledge in fraud prevention or compliance is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to architect new services from inception to delivery.
• Refine internal tooling and processes to scale with the product roadmap.
• Develop features and capabilities that deliver substantial value to customers.
• Create technical documentation to improve user understanding and adoption of services.

Skills

Senior backend experience

API design

Go (Golang)

Data pipelines

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Go (Golang)

Job description

Sardine is seeking a backend-focused Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain highly available APIs and services for a growing fintech platform. You will collaborate with product and engineering teams to shape roadmaps, deliver scalable features, and improve internal tooling while upholding high engineering standards.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in web backend development, strong English communication, and a track record of delivering production-grade systems.