Staff Backend Engineer — FinTech, Python/Go/Rust, AWS

AHU Technologies Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 300,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

AHU Technologies Inc. in San Francisco, CA seeks a Staff Backend Engineer to lead core product development for a high-scale REST API powering mobile and web frontends.

You will design and implement services in Python (FastAPI) with PostgreSQL and Redis on AWS, with flexibility to adopt Rust or Go for performance-critical components. This role collaborates closely with founders to set standards and scale the backend securely.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and shipping web applications in Python, Go, or Rust.
• Experience with backend tech: PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead core product development for a REST API powering multi-platform frontends.
• Collaborate with founders to set engineering standards and build scalable, secure backend.
• Integrate with wallet and banking service providers, auth, ledger, and payments.

Skills

Python

Go (Golang)

Rust

FastAPI

AWS

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Job description

AHU Technologies Inc. in San Francisco, CA seeks a Staff Backend Engineer to lead core product development for a high-scale REST API powering mobile and web frontends.

You will design and implement services in Python (FastAPI) with PostgreSQL and Redis on AWS, with flexibility to adopt Rust or Go for performance-critical components. This role collaborates closely with founders to set standards and scale the backend securely.