Lead, Senior and Intermediate - Backend Engineer

Lead, Senior and Intermediate - Backend Engineer About the Role We're looking for a

Lead Backend Engineer

with deep fintech experience to join our core engineering team. You'll be responsible for building and scaling the critical payment infrastructure, ledger systems, and financial APIs that power our platform. This is a backend-focused role where you'll work on high-stakes financial systems processing millions of dollars in transactions daily. You'll work closely with our CTO and engineering team to architect reliable, compliant, and scalable financial systems that our users depend on for their most important payments.

In this role, you’ll:

Build and scale backend services using

NestJS

and

TypeScript

on

Google Cloud Platform

Design and maintain robust

ledger systems

and financial data models using

Google Cloud SQL

and

PostgreSQL

Architect and optimize

payment processing pipelines

handling large transaction volumes

Integrate with

financial APIs , payment processors, and banking systems while ensuring

PCI compliance

Build resilient

microservices

with

PubSub

for event-driven architecture

Manage infrastructure as code using

Terraform

and GCP services

Own critical financial systems end-to-end, from design to production monitoring

Collaborate with product and compliance teams to ship secure, compliant financial features

You’re someone who:

Has

7+ years of backend engineering experience , with

2+ years in fintech

or payments

Is expert-level with

NestJS/Node.js

and

TypeScript

for building production APIs

Has hands-on experience with

ledger systems , double-entry bookkeeping, or financial data modeling

Has scaled backend systems handling

high transaction volumes

(millions of transactions/month)

Is proficient with

PostgreSQL , database optimization, and

Google Cloud Platform

Has experience with

payment processing , financial APIs, and regulatory compliance (PCI, SOC 2, etc.)

Brings strong ownership to critical systems and thrives in a high-stakes fintech environment

Communicates clearly about complex technical and financial concepts

Required experience:

Fintech/payments industry

experience with large-scale transaction processing

Ledger systems

or accounting system development

Financial API integrations

(payment processors, banks, card networks)

Database design

for financial systems and audit trails

GCP services

(Cloud SQL, PubSub, Cloud Run, etc.)

Nice-to-haves:

Experience with

Terraform

for infrastructure management

PCI DSS

compliance and security framework experience Real-time payment systems

or instant settlement experience

Previous experience at

high-growth fintech

companies

Open banking

or

financial data aggregation

experience

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