Senior Software Engineer

HRB; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Backend Developer I to join their team and contribute to transforming compliance through cutting-edge AI. In this remote role, you will design and maintain backend systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and tackle exciting challenges. With a focus on building scalable web services and APIs, you will play a crucial role in the company's success. This position offers flexible working hours, opportunities for professional development, and a collaborative work environment where your contributions will make a significant impact.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Remote work opportunities

Professional development

Innovative work environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend or full-stack development.
• Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain robust, scalable backend systems.
• Monitor and optimize backend performance.

Skills

Go

Node.js

C++

Backend Development

Distributed Systems

AWS

Job description

Senior Backend Developer I

Remote l Canada Based l Full Time

About the role

We are transforming compliance through cutting-edge AI. Our platform automates anti-money laundering (AML) screening and investigations, enabling financial institutions and fintechs to streamline their workflows, reduce false positives, and focus on what truly matters: mitigating risk.

As a Senior Backend Developer I, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining our backend systems. You will have the opportunity to work on new and exciting projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to the overall success of our company. This position is ideal for a fast learner with a solid foundation in computer science fundamentals who is looking to take on new challenges and responsibilities.

What you will do:

• Collaborate with your team members, product and engineering leaders to design robust, scalable, and maintainable backend systems.
• Analyze technical problems, identify solutions, and effectively communicate your ideas to the team.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
• Identify and adopt software development best practices and processes that make sense for your development team; stay on top of updates, new releases, alternative software; recognize and continuously reduce technical debt.
• Monitor and optimize backend performance and ensure the scalability and reliability of our systems.
• Drive detailed project definition, technical design, cross-functional alignment, estimation, in addition to task break-down, delivery, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Take an active role in growing the team, partner with your manager to improve the processes that support team development and efficiency.

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of experience as a backend or full-slack software developer.
• Solid CS fundamentals, proficiency in Go and Node.js (must have skills).
• Experience with C++ is highly desirable
• Strong understanding of backend best practices and concepts, patterns, data structures, and databases.
• Experience building distributed systems and applications, real-time, scalable web services, APIs, scaling systems in a service oriented architecture.
• Familiarity with deploying infrastructure components on AWS.
• Passion for working with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, and Business.
• An enjoyment of new challenges, flexibility and ability to adapt to new, unforeseen situations, startup experience.
• A strong sense of pride and ownership in your work!

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Flexible working hours and remote work opportunities.
• Opportunities for professional development and learning.
• A collaborative, innovative, and fun work environment.
• The chance to make a significant impact on the company's growth and direction.