Senior Backend Engineer (L5) - Banking

📋 Description Own the technical direction for the banking core: ledgers, payouts, reconciliation, and settlement. Lead architecture reviews for new financial systems and high-risk changes. Define and maintain standards for money-handling code — idempotency, consistency, audit trails. Design and build shared banking foundations, reducing systemic technical debt. Own the reliability and observability bar for money flows and incident response. Mentor senior engineers and help set hiring standards. 🎯 Requirements Significant experience as a senior or staff backend engineer with ownership of complex production Deep expertise in distributed systems, reliability, performance, and scalability trade-offs. Strong judgment on correctness under failure — retries, idempotency, safe data handling. Excellent technical communication to lead initiatives across teams without formal authority. Fluency in a modern TypeScript / Node backend stack and cloud infrastructure. 🎁 Benefits Competitive salary and benefits package. Equity in a rapidly growing company. Opportunity to work in a fast-paced startup at fintech forefront. Impact on global financial infrastructure and collaborative culture.