Senior Backend Engineer – Product Engineering (Equity Eligible)

TRM Labs; United States; Remote; USD 210,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Job summary

TRM Labs is seeking a pragmatic backend engineer to build reliable, scalable software used by customers across public and private sectors. You will design backend APIs with a focus on customer experience and performance.

You will join an early team member, shape architecture, and improve velocity, quality, and impact while partnering with internal stakeholders to deliver meaningful features that advance TRM’s mission of a safer financial system for billions of people.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building scalable systems, web applications, APIs, and services.
• An understanding of storage systems such as relational databases (e.g., Postgres) and analytical databases.
• Demonstrated experience in understanding customer pain points and bridging their needs to technical & product requirements.
• A high degree of initiative and ownership, combined with the ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt quickly to change.
• Exceptional ability to structure problems and identify the most critical issues to prioritize.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences, verbally and in writing.
• Experience working collaboratively in a cross-functional environment with a diverse group of people at all levels in an organization.

Responsibilities

• Work on complex engineering problems that help you build and hone not only technical skills but also project management and human/soft skills
• Develop and maintain public APIs that are part of the API Product suite
• Collaborate with stakeholders on transforming a functional vision into a tangible roadmap with clear outcomes
• Support and enable internal business units through shared engineering services and functionalities
• Develop cross-functional relationships with stakeholders across the organization to understand and empower their mission from end to end
• Experience designing and building scalable systems, web applications, APIs, and services (our backend is built in Node.js but prior experience in Node.js is not required; we believe tools and languages can be learned on the job)

Skills

Node.js

APIs

Scalable systems

Backend engineering

Tools

Postgres

Job description

TRM Labs is seeking a pragmatic backend engineer to build reliable, scalable software used by customers across public and private sectors. You will design backend APIs with a focus on customer experience and performance.

You will join an early team member, shape architecture, and improve velocity, quality, and impact while partnering with internal stakeholders to deliver meaningful features that advance TRM’s mission of a safer financial system for billions of people.