Backend Engineer (Senior/Lead) ID37419

AgileEngine is an Inc. 5000 company that creates award-winning software for Fortune 500 brands and trailblazing startups across 17+ industries. We rank among the leaders in areas like application development and AI/ML, and our people-first culture has earned us multiple Best Place to Work awards.

If you're looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we'd love to meet you! :)

What you will do

• Own the design and implementation of backend services that manage liquidity, compliance, and transactional flows;

• Ship clean, well-tested TypeScript code and evolve our architecture as we scale;

• Work closely with the founders on everything from API ergonomics to bank core integrations;

• Build with an eye toward correctness, observability, and auditability in order to scale the system to billions in volume;

• Shape engineering culture and help make early hiring decisions.

Must haves

• 5+ years of backend experience, ideally building high-uptime systems in fintech, crypto, or banking;

• Prior experience working on either fintech/banking compliance systems and/or managing crypto or fiat liquidity;

• Track record of building and scaling infrastructure from the ground up;

• Strong command of TypeScript;

• Comfortable with ambiguity and excited by early-stage execution;

• Experience in a remote-first company including strong communication skills and an understanding of building remote-first culture;

• Upper-Intermediate English level.

Nice to haves

• Familiarity with NestJS;

• Familiarity with fp-ts, or other functional programming approaches;

• Experience with GCP and/or building in regulated environments (compliance, KYC/AML, etc.);

• Experience working with banking cores (e.g. FIS, FiServe, Jack Henry).

The benefits of joining us

• Professional growth

Accelerate your professional journey with mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps

• Competitive compensation

We match your ever-growing skills, talent, and contributions with competitive USD-based compensation and budgets for education, fitness, and team activities

• A selection of exciting projects

Join projects with modern solutions development and top-tier clients that include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading product brands

• Flextime

Tailor your schedule for an optimal work-life balance, by having the options of working from home and going to the office – whatever makes you the happiest and most productive.