Senior Backend Engineer – Scale a Payments Platform

Nopan; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Flexible work arrangements

Professional growth

Job summary

Nopan is seeking a senior backend engineer to join the founding team and shape the core product. You will own features end-to-end from conception to deployment, iterating based on user feedback and business needs.

This role requires deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and Kubernetes, with a track record of building scalable, secure services. You’ll work in a fast-paced startup environment and have significant ownership and impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• Proficient in Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience deploying on AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda).
• Kubernetes production experience.
• Strong RESTful API and database knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with founding team to define, design, and implement the core product.
• Contribute to product strategy and roadmap discussions, bringing your technical expertise to the table.
• Take ownership of entire features from conception to deployment, and iterate based on user feedback.
• Set up and maintain the tech infrastructure, including cloud services, databases, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Set up data storage solutions and ensure data integrity and security.
• Optimize system performance and scalability to support a growing user base.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Kubernetes

RESTful APIs

SQL/NoSQL databases

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as code

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

EC2

S3

RDS

Lambda

Job description

Nopan is seeking a senior backend engineer to join the founding team and shape the core product. You will own features end-to-end from conception to deployment, iterating based on user feedback and business needs.

This role requires deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and Kubernetes, with a track record of building scalable, secure services. You’ll work in a fast-paced startup environment and have significant ownership and impact.