Fintech Engineer San Francisco CA
About The Position
We're seeking a Fintech Engineering Lead who has directly leverable B2C banking, stablecoin, or payments experience. This is a critically important role on our team. You’ll be working with the technical founders to set standards that conform with industry engineering best practices and building a highly performant, reliable, and secure app from the ground up. Our stack includes 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. The backend serves a REST API that powers our iOS, Android, and Web frontends. We are integrating 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.
Requirements
- 5+ years building and shipping fintech software.
- Deep expertise in at least one of the following systems: ledgering, payments processing, stablecoin infra, risk/fraud management.
- Experience generally across the backend: working with Postgres, Redis, AWS, etc.
- Python
- Redis
- PostgreSQL
- Go (Golang)
- AWS
- Rust
- FastAPI
Nice To Haves
- Full-stack engineering skillset, with ability to flex across other parts of the stack.
Responsibilities
- Work with the technical founders to set standards that conform with industry engineering best practices.
- Build a highly performant, reliable, and secure app from the ground up.
- Develop and maintain a Python (FastAPI) monolith supported by Postgres and Redis on AWS.
- Potentially use Rust and/or Go for services requiring performance optimization.
- Serve a REST API that powers iOS, Android, and Web frontends.
- Integrate with cryptocurrency wallet and banking service providers, and other services for auth, ledger, and payment rails.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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