Senior Backend Engineer — Orchestration (Remote, Equity)

Unknown; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Private medical insurance

Global retreats

Learning budget

Remote work

Job summary

Unknown is building payment infrastructure that lets businesses manage payments efficiently across international markets. It is a globally distributed, product-driven engineering team that values collaboration, engineering excellence, and long-term growth.

You will design backend services for high-performance distributed payment systems and own technical decisions around scalability, reliability, and maintainability. The role is fully remote with equity, flexible PTO, and a learning budget.

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering skills and distributed systems experience.
• Proficient in Python or another backend language; familiar with TDD and BDD.

Responsibilities

• Design backend services for high-performance distributed payment systems.
• Own technical decisions around scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Python

TDD/BDD

Job description

Unknown is building payment infrastructure that lets businesses manage payments efficiently across international markets. It is a globally distributed, product-driven engineering team that values collaboration, engineering excellence, and long-term growth.

You will design backend services for high-performance distributed payment systems and own technical decisions around scalability, reliability, and maintainability. The role is fully remote with equity, flexible PTO, and a learning budget.