Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Finch; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity

Medical, dental, vision

Unlimited PTO

401(k) plan

Team offsites

Hybrid work in SF Office

Job summary

Finch is hiring a senior backend engineer to design and scale API-driven services in a hybrid SF/NYC environment. You will own large initiatives, collaborate with product and security, and ship reliable systems that support our data-driven platform.

The role requires 7+ years in backend development, strong design skills, and experience with NodeJS, PostgreSQL, Redis, and cloud services. We offer equity, full medical benefits, unlimited PTO, a 401(k), and two in-office days per week.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend development experience in a startup or scale-up environment.
• Proven track record delivering large projects with high ambiguity.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to drive initiatives to completion.
• Experience collaborating across product, engineering and support teams.
• Familiar with API-first design and cloud-based services.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain powerful services to enable Finch’s data presentation layer.
• Lead large product initiatives spanning multiple teams from concept to delivery.
• Develop, test, and maintain integrations for security, scalability, and performance.
• Deploy code daily and ensure scalability, testability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate across product, engineering, and support to deliver the right solutions.

Skills

API design

Backend development

NodeJS

PostgreSQL

Redis

Distributed systems

Git

OAuth

Cloud services

Remote-friendly

Tools

NodeJS

PostgreSQL

Redis

Git

OAuth

AWS

Job description

About Finch We are on a mission to revolutionize employment by building the infrastructure that powers every facet of work . To do this, we're looking for individuals who think about problems holistically and in-depth, who are relentlessly curious, self-starters, and determined to drive ideas from inception through to completion.

About Finch We are on a mission to revolutionize employment by building the infrastructure that powers every facet of work . To do this, we're looking for individuals who think about problems holistically and in-depth, who are relentlessly curious, self-starters, and determined to drive ideas from inception through to completion.

About Our Team We're a team of problem solvers who aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions. We value velocity, curiosity, empathy, and diverse perspectives. Everyone on the team is excited about the scope of the problems we address and the potential impact our work can have on the global workforce. We realize that the value we provide comes with great responsibilities, and therefore make security and privacy our highest priorities. We come from a diverse set of backgrounds and each member brings different skills to the group. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and potential will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns.

About You You love breaking down complex problems to deliver elegant experiences to customers. You possess a balance of technology and people skills with a high degree of empathy. You thrive on cutting through areas of high ambiguity, narrowing down high-level problems into engineering solutions. You’re able to coordinate across product, engineering, and support teams to ensure that you’re delivering the right solution for the right problem and that all parties are aligned. You value your customers and your peers and want to succeed as a team. You’re comfortable wearing many hats and aren’t afraid to execute. You’re excited by working on an API product that powers many of the world’s most impactful applications but that end users may never know exists.

What You'll Do

• Live by and champion our values: empathy, execution, humility, curiosity.
• Design, build, and maintain powerful services to enable Finch’s data presentation layer.
• Lead the charge on product expansion initiatives, including horizontal expansion of existing integrations to increase data coverage and depth as well as greenfield development in entirely new product verticals.
• Develop, test, and maintain integrations to meet security, scalability, and performance requirements to ensure that our services run reliably and efficiently at scale.
• Lead large product initiatives that may span across multiple teams, including activities ranging from problem definition to engineering scoping to execution to ensure the successful and smooth delivery of valuable and impactful solutions for our customers.
• Deploy code daily.
• Understand roadmap priorities and write code focused on scalability, testability, and maintainability.
• Quickly debug issues throughout our stack using modern observability tooling and your solid foundation of engineering knowledge.

What You'll Bring

• 7+ years of relevant backend development experience in a start-up environment.
• Track record of executing and delivering on large projects with high ambiguity.
• Detail-oriented approach to challenges and the ability to drive initiatives to completion.
• Exposure to high-growth start-ups.
• Knowledge of agile best practices and how to leverage them to release faster.
• Technical understanding of the software development process.
• Excellent written and oral business communication and people skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders, including technical leaders and executive management.
• Experience working cross-functionality across multiple teams to deliver high-quality products.
• Experience working in a remote-friendly environment.

Skills

• Deep experience working with APIs and back end technologies.
• Strong system-design skills and experience working with distributed systems.
• Experience working with NodeJS, PostgreSQL, Redis.
• Experience using Git in a professional environment.
• Familiar with various API authentication and authorization methods; particularly OAuth.
• Experience using a cloud provider. AWS is a bonus.
• Experience using a distributed messaging system.
• Strong knowledge of testing best practices. TDD is a bonus.

What We Offer

• Competitive equity with a 10-year exercise window
• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% for employees, 85% for dependents)
• Unlimited PTO (with a 3-week minimum)
• 401(k) plan
• Regular team offsites and meetups
• Hybrid work: 3+ days/week in our SF Office

$200,000 - $220,000 a year

$200,000 - $220,000 a year
Finch’s compensation package includes a competitive base salary benchmarked against real-time market data, as well as equity for all full-time roles. We want all full-time employees to be invested in Finch and to be able to take advantage of that investment, so our equity grants include a 10-year exercise window. We also offer exceptional benefits. Our minimum salary range for this role is:
$200,000 - $220,000
Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, and other factors.

This is a Hybrid role that requires working two days per week in our office in either San Francisco or NYC.

Finch is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.