Senior Software Engineer - Real-Time Fintech Systems

Midas; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

At Midas, we design and deliver high-volume, low-latency financial systems used by millions, with a focus on reliability and correctness. You will own end-to-end development—from design to production—while collaborating with product teams and maintaining strong communication across stakeholders.

You will grow with a team that values ownership, clear decisions, and pragmatic architecture, leveraging modern tools and AI-assisted development to move fast without compromising quality.

Qualifications

• Strong software development experience with a solid engineering foundation.
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Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-volume, low-latency systems running 24/7 with zero downtime, impacting real users and real money
• Own the full lifecycle—from design to production—while ensuring clear and effective communication across teams
• Take ownership of large, complex systems, ensuring resiliency and reliability from prevention to rapid recovery
• Collaborate closely with product and business teams as a product-minded engineer
• Actively contribute to a culture of clear, frequent, and effective communication across teams
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code with a strong focus on production quality
• Make and contribute to pragmatic architectural decisions, balancing real-world trade-offs
• Continuously improve systems with a focus on observability, maintainability, and operational excellence
• Support and mentor other engineers through technical guidance, feedback, and knowledge sharing
• Leverage modern tools, including AI-assisted development, to improve productivity while maintaining high quality standards

Skills

Software development

Distributed systems

Concurrency

Data consistency

Transactional systems

Event-driven

Asynchronous architectures

Monitoring & production

Trade-off thinking

Ownership & accountability

Communication

Mentoring

AI productivity tools

Job description

At Midas, we design and deliver high-volume, low-latency financial systems used by millions, with a focus on reliability and correctness. You will own end-to-end development—from design to production—while collaborating with product teams and maintaining strong communication across stakeholders.

You will grow with a team that values ownership, clear decisions, and pragmatic architecture, leveraging modern tools and AI-assisted development to move fast without compromising quality.