Senior Backend Engineer - Scale Fintech

Lead; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401k

Paid parental leave

Flexible vacation policy

Hybrid and inclusive culture

Disability accommodations

Fair Chance Ordinance compliance

Job summary

Lead Bank in San Francisco Bay Area is seeking an accomplished Senior Backend Engineer to design, build and maintain large-scale backend systems. You will focus on performance, reliability and scalability, collaborating with product managers and stakeholders to deliver robust features.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years shipping backend projects in cloud-native environments (AWS), strong skills in Go or Java, and proven leadership to mentor junior engineers while driving cross-functional initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience shipping successful projects.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures on AWS.
• Proficiency in Go or Java.
• Strong leadership and mentoring ability.
• Excellent cross-functional communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain large-scale backend systems.
• Collaborate with PMs and stakeholders to ship features.
• Mentor and grow junior engineers.
• Drive performance and reliability across services.
• Navigate ambiguous problems and deliver high quality code.

Skills

Go

Java

Cloud native AWS

System design

Mentorship

Communication

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

Lead Bank in San Francisco Bay Area is seeking an accomplished Senior Backend Engineer to design, build and maintain large-scale backend systems. You will focus on performance, reliability and scalability, collaborating with product managers and stakeholders to deliver robust features.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years shipping backend projects in cloud-native environments (AWS), strong skills in Go or Java, and proven leadership to mentor junior engineers while driving cross-functional initiatives.