Staff Software Engineer San Francisco CA

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

Location: San Francisco, CA

Visa Status: US Citizen, Green Card Holders

Payrate: $300k – $380k

Skills: Python, Redis, PostgreSQL, Go (Golang), AWS, Rust, FastAPI

The Role

We're seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to lead our core product development. Our backend serves a REST API that powers our iOS, Android, and Web frontends. You will integrate with cryptocurrency wallet and banking service providers, among other services for auth, ledger, payment rails, etc.

This is a financial services application with significant complexity handling real money at scale, internationally.

Our backend is a Python (FastAPI) monolith supported by Postgres and Redis on AWS. We are open to Rust and/or Go for any services that need to be broken out for performance.

This is a critically important role on our team. You’ll be working directly with the technical founders to set standards and build a highly performant, reliable, and secure app from the ground up. This role may evolve into a backend or general engineering lead as we scale.

Requirements

• 5+ years building and shipping web applications in Python, Go, or Rust


• Experience generally across the backend: working with Postgres, Redis, AWS, etc.

Bonuses

You might be an especially good fit if you have:

• Experience in financial technology


• Full-stack engineering skillset and ability to flex across other parts of the stack