Senior Backend Engineer - Payments & Risk (Remote)

Confidential Company; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office allowance

Private medical insurance

Learning budget

Equipment provided

Job summary

Confidential Company is a global payments technology company building infrastructure to simplify payment operations, optimize performance, and protect revenue. It operates as a fully remote, globally distributed organization with a collaborative culture.

We are seeking an engineering leader to design and own scalable backend systems, drive end-to-end delivery, and mentor a distributed team. This role offers remote work with generous leave, equity options, a learning budget, and comprehensive

Qualifications

• Proven experience owning backend systems end to end and scalable architectures.
• High standards for code quality, testing, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Experience mentoring engineers in a remote, distributed environment.
• Fully remote work with flexible paid leave and a minimum of 25 days annually.
• Competitive compensation with employee share options and a generous learning budget.
• Home office allowance, high-quality equipment, and private medical insurance.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend solutions for payment dispute management, fraud prevention, and risk automation.
• Own critical backend systems end-to-end, from architecture and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product leadership to transform complex merchant challenges into reliable, automated solutions.

Skills

Backend architecture

End-to-end ownership

Remote/distributed work

Code quality & testing

Mentoring engineers

Job description

Confidential Company is a global payments technology company building infrastructure to simplify payment operations, optimize performance, and protect revenue. It operates as a fully remote, globally distributed organization with a collaborative culture.

We are seeking an engineering leader to design and own scalable backend systems, drive end-to-end delivery, and mentor a distributed team. This role offers remote work with generous leave, equity options, a learning budget, and comprehensive