Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, AI-Driven Credit Infra

Tala; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a senior backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable services and APIs. You will review code and design documents, optimize databases and queries, and contribute to testing and monitoring to ensure reliability at scale.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of backend experience with Java/Kotlin/Scala, cloud platforms, and microservices. You will work in a remote-first environment with global collaboration and strong emphasis on secure,

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and developing backend applications
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and microservices architectures
• Strong problem solving and independent learning abilities
• Expertise in REST API design for mobile/web
• Proficient in Agile development processes

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services, APIs, and data integration layers.
• Review design documents, perform code reviews, and guide other teams on implementation choices.
• Write clean, efficient code following established standards and best practices.
• Improve code quality, performance, and security through thorough reviews.
• Design and optimize database schemas and queries for high performance.
• Contribute to testing infrastructure and improve code coverage.
• Troubleshoot issues across development and production environments.
• Advance monitoring and alerting to improve availability and response times.

Skills

Problem solving

Independent learning

Strong drive

Agile development

Tools

Java

Kotlin

Scala

Spring

AWS/GCP/Azure

Microservices

REST API

Docker

Kubernetes

MariaDB

Kafka

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a senior backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable services and APIs. You will review code and design documents, optimize databases and queries, and contribute to testing and monitoring to ensure reliability at scale.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of backend experience with Java/Kotlin/Scala, cloud platforms, and microservices. You will work in a remote-first environment with global collaboration and strong emphasis on secure,