a global technology company making life-changing financial products and services available to more people nationwide, as it reshapes the financial services ecosystem. By using machine learning, a vast data network and a sophisticated AI-driven approach, provides comprehensive consumer credit and residential real estate solutions for its partners, their customers, and investors. Its proprietary API and capital solutions integrate into its network of partners to deliver seamless user experiences and greater access to the mainstream economy. has offices in New York and Tel Aviv. For more information
About the Role
We are looking for a talented Backend Engineer to join our core engineering team working on our flagship producta critical, high-availability backend system serving numerous external partners. In this role, you'll play a key part in continuously refactoring, decoupling, and scaling our production services, ensuring exceptional reliability, performance, and scalability. This position is ideal for engineers passionate about designing and maintaining robust, production-grade software, and who enjoy the challenge of systematically decomposing complex systems into smaller, maintainable components.
Responsibilities
Own and evolve our backend APIs ensuring they are scalable, well-documented, and performant.
Design and implement robust backend services that handle high traffic and complex data interactions.
Improve system architecture by identifying bottlenecks and optimizing performance.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including frontend, DevOps, and product teams to deliver high-quality features.
Enhance API integrations with partners, ensuring seamless data exchanges and reliability.
Implement best practices for code quality, testing, CI/CD, and security.
Fostering a culture of technical excellence and knowledge sharing.
Develop, optimize, and maintain critical production backend services for our flagship product.
Continuously refactor and decouple large backend systems into smaller, modular, and scalable components.
Design, implement, and document reliable, performant APIs consumed by dozens of external partners.
Monitor, debug, and maintain the health and availability of our production environment.
Requirements: 6+ years of backend development experience with a strong focus on APIs and distributed systems.
Strong expertise in Python.
Deep understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
Strong grasp of scalability, and performance optimization.
Knowledge of cloud platforms and containerization.
Experience with observability tools (logging, monitoring, tracing).
Solid foundation in software engineering best practices, testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
Ability to debug, optimize, and maintain complex backend systems.
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
Bonus Points
Bachelors degree (or higher) in a scientific or technical discipline (Computer Science, Software Engineering, EE, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field), or equivalent practical experience.
Background in event-driven architecture.
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.).
Contributions to open-source projects or tech blogs.
This position is open to all candidates.