Director Backend Engineering
You will design, develop, and maintain high performance back end systems, APIs, and databases that power our web and mobile applications. You will foster technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning. You will collaborate with front end developers, product managers, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of features and services. You will architect scalable, secure, and efficient server side solutions that meet fintech industry standards and handle high transaction volumes. You will implement best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment, including code reviews and automated testing frameworks. You will stay current with emerging technologies and trends in back end development and AI to recommend innovative improvements. You will embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI to improve team performance and business outcomes. You will leverage AI tools to improve productivity, decision making, and output quality in your day to day work.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance back-end systems, APIs, and databases that support the business’s web and mobile applications
- Help foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning
- Collaborate with front-end developers, product managers, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of features and services
- Architect scalable, secure, and efficient server-side solutions that meet fintech industry standards and handle high transaction volumes
- Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment, including code reviews and automated testing frameworks
- Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in back-end development, blockchain, and fintech to recommend innovative improvements
- Embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI to improve team performance and business outcomes
- Leverage AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, and output quality in day-to-day work
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 10+ years of experience in back-end development, with at least 2 years in a senior role
- Must have experience from a retail brokerage
- Hands-on development experience in Node, Express, TypeScript and related frameworks like Nest.js to build REST APIs and other services
- Strong experience with SQL and some exposure to NoSQL is nice to have
- Experience with Microservices and Event based architecture
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience in using Caching and Messaging Queues like Kafka
- Experience using Postman and Git / Bitbucket
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
- Flexible Time Off (i.e. unlimited paid vacation days)
- Company paid Holidays (11)
- Company paid sick leave
- Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents
- 3% 401(k) company contribution
- Generous paid Parental Leave
- Free virtual coaching and counseling sessions through Headspace
- Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
- Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
- Employee Resource Groups