Staff Engineer
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About the role
We are looking for a Staff Backend Engineer in EMEA. This position is remote. As a senior technical leader on the team, you will set the technical direction for major areas of our backend platform, including API integrations with 3rd-party vendors and partners, and the core systems that sit at the intersection of the banking, payroll, and timekeeping domains. This is a rare opportunity to build the foundations of a whole new set of personal financial health products. You will shape the architecture, set the engineering bar, and lead the efforts that help users maintain positive cash availability and take control of their financial lives. Working closely with our international product and engineering teams, you will operate in a fast-paced environment where strong system design judgment and the ability to move quickly without sacrificing reliability are essential.
What you'll bring
- You have at least 8 years of professional experience as an engineer, with a track record of operating at a staff or principal level
- You have extensive experience designing and building novel fintech products
- You have strong system design skills and thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing speed with long-term technical health
- You have a strong ability to take ownership of large, ambiguous initiatives, driving them from concept to completion while proactively identifying challenges and solutions
- You have excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, and can influence decisions across teams
- You're deeply familiar with complex large scale distributed systems
- Proficient in backend languages: Go/Golang, Python
- Strong expertise in designing and developing RESTful APIs
- Expertise in SQL and NoSQL database technologies, including data model design and optimization
- Proven experience building reliable and scalable user-facing applications
- Familiarity with Cloud technologies: AWS/Azure/GCP, serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, ECS among others
- Effective release management experience for ensuring zero downtime and experience with CI/CD frameworks such as Gitlab CI and Github actions