Senior Backend Engineer

Heron Finance • San Francisco, CA

105d

About The Position

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Heron Finance you will be responsible — along with our world-class engineering team — for building robust backend systems that handle millions of dollars across the lifecycle of onboarding, investment, dividends, and reinvestment with ease. We ruthlessly cut scope and follow an agile methodology. We work to create a high trust, empathetic team environment with high standards of excellence and integrity. This role is full time, open to remote candidates in the United States and Canada.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in a professional software context.
• Demonstrated ability to ship complex software to real users in production environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience at high performance startups.
• Experience writing code that handles money at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and architecture of innovative financial technology.
• Take ownership of the software development life cycle, ensuring the reliability, performance, and maintainability of the codebase for applications.
• Implement robust security measures and best practices to safeguard financial transactions and user data in compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Provide technical leadership to a team of software engineers, guiding them in the development of complex solutions and mentor team members on coding standards, software architecture, and best practice.
• Conduct regular security assessments, identify vulnerabilities, and implement remediation strategies to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of financial and user information.
• Conduct regular code reviews, implement best practices, and apply optimization techniques to enhance the overall efficiency and security of the systems.

Benefits

• All roles include meaningful equity and tokens
• Healthcare, dental, vision
• Occasional free lunch
• Maternal / Paternal leave
• Remote work from anywhere in the U.S. permitted.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees