Software Engineer - Backend

Goliath Partners Inc — United States · Posted ~1 hour ago

Skills

backend development API development payments distributed systems system architecture reliability performance observability APIs

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

Join a fast-growing financial technology organization and help build the backend foundation for premium financial services. You will design APIs and services handling high-volume transactions, own features end-to-end across payments and account-related capabilities, shape architecture as the platform scales, and raise standards for reliability, performance, and observability.

Highlights

Opportunity to own critical backend systems in a rapidly growing, profitable financial services environment. The role offers end-to-end ownership, architecture influence, and work on high-volume financial transactions.

Description

Our client is building a next-generation financial services platform for high-net-worth clients — combining premium banking, rewards, and account services in one ecosystem. They're operating at serious scale (nine-figure ARR, multi-billion-dollar annual transaction volume) and remain fully profitable, with the growth trajectory of a company still early in its story. This is a chance to join at a genuine inflection point, owning the backend systems — payments, rewards, account services, and partner integrations — that power a fast-growing, high-value customer base. What you'll do Design and build backend services and APIs handling high-volume, high-stakes financial transactionsOwn full features end-to-end across payments, rewards, account services, and partner integrationsShape technical architecture as the platform scalesPartner with frontend and mobile engineers on polished, full-stack featuresRaise the bar on reliability, performance, and observability across backend systems What you bring 6+ years building backend or full-stack systems in productionStrong experience with Python (Django preferred)Skill designing APIs, data models, and services on PostgreSQL and AWS Nice to have Comfort in distributed, high-availability production environmentsA builder's mindset — you like owning things from concept to productionBachelor’s (or higher) degree in a Computer Science, Engineering or related field Competitive $300k base + equity. If interested, reply and Goliath Partners will be in touch!