Summary
✨ AI‑Generated
A fast-growing financial technology organization is seeking a software engineer to help build foundational backend systems for a rapidly scaling financial platform. The role is based in the Bay Area with three office days per week and focuses on trading, ledgering, billing, data, and real-time systems where correctness, reliability, scalability, and architectural ownership are critical.
Highlights
High-impact engineering role with substantial ownership over foundational systems, opportunities to shape architecture and engineering standards, and hands-on work on trading, ledgering, billing, and real-time financial infrastructure.
Description
Hawksman Technology is currently working with a fast-growing fintech startup that's scaling quickly and looking to bring in strong, technically-driven engineers to help build out its core platform.
The company is still in a phase where a lot of the foundational systems are being built so there's real scope to shape architecture and engineering standards rather than just maintaining what's already there.
About the Role
This role is to be Based in the Bay Area, working 3 days/week from the office.
This is a high-impact backend engineering role at the core of a fast-scaling fintech platform, focused on building the trading, ledgering, and data systems that everything else depends on.
It's suited to someone who thrives on correctness and reliability at scale, with real ownership over how these foundational systems are architected as the company grows.
Responsibilities
Build and maintain core systems behind the company's wealth platform, including trading, ledgering, billing, and real-time data flowsOwn the reliability of transaction processing, reconciliation, and portfolio state — accuracy and consistency are critical hereBuild and scale data pipelines, both real-time and batch, feeding into market data and analyticsDesign APIs and backend services used both internally and by external partnersKeep systems observable, fault-tolerant, and running smoothly under loadWork on distributed systems problems — think event-driven design, microservices, and streamingOccasionally collaborate with ML engineers integrating models into live systems (a small part of the role, not the main focus)
Qualifications
4+ years building backend or distributed systems, ideally with exposure to fast-moving, high-stakes environments
Required Skills
Strong coding ability, Python preferredComfortable working with tools like Kafka, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructureSolid grasp of system design fundamentals — consistency, reliability, and trade-offs at scaleBackground in one or more of: financial or trading systems, data infrastructure, or large-scale backend platforms
Preferred Skills
Bonus points for experience with ledgers, order management, or reconciliation systems, low-latency/high-throughput environments, or streaming data platforms
