Staff Backend Engineer (Scala) - Scalable APIs & Platforms

FinTech Collective, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

FinTech Collective, LLC in the United States seeks a Staff Backend Engineer (Scala) to shape scalable backend systems and API-driven services. You will drive technical design, review code for readability, and document services and architecture.

The role emphasizes building data-driven APIs, mentoring engineers, and guiding architecture with Kafka, PostgreSQL, AWS, and distributed patterns across teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience in senior engineering roles.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and lead teams.
• Experience with Scala or JVM languages.
• Strong API design and data modeling skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement large-scale backend software systems creating new partner-facing and internal data-driven APIs.
• Review code with an emphasis on readability and maintainability
• Write API and technical documentation for services and new architecture.
• Optimize database schemas to support scalable, high-performance backend services.
• Contribute to our RFC process by writing technical proposals and providing feedback to others
• Mentor and guide technical growth of engineering talent
• Be a resource for solving hard, technical problems across teams and projects
• Stay up-to-date with the state of the software industry

Skills

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership

Attention to detail

Tools

Kafka/MSK

PostgreSQL

AWS

Datadog

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

FinTech Collective, LLC in the United States seeks a Staff Backend Engineer (Scala) to shape scalable backend systems and API-driven services. You will drive technical design, review code for readability, and document services and architecture.

The role emphasizes building data-driven APIs, mentoring engineers, and guiding architecture with Kafka, PostgreSQL, AWS, and distributed patterns across teams.