As a Founding Backend Engineer, you’ll have the autonomy to design, develop, and build highly scalable, high-performance applications that will shape the future of compliance software. You’ll tackle complex challenges that have a meaningful impact on our customers, working closely with the founding team to influence our roadmap.
💪 What You’ll Do
- Architect and build backend services that scale to handle high volumes of traffic.
- Solve real-world problems in financial crime detection and risk management.
- Write high-quality, testable, and readable code that powers our platform.
- Take ownership of projects and break down large, complex problems into implementable solutions.
- Work across modern stacks, embracing new technologies with excitement and curiosity.
- Review code and maintain standards of excellence across the team.
- Stay up to date with the latest LLM developments and integrate cutting-edge AI technology into core workflows.
- Value in-person collaboration, believing it fosters creativity, innovation, and stronger team dynamics.
👀 Who We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who’s driven by a customer-first mindset, obsessed with product details, and committed to building impactful solutions.
Requirements:
- You care deeply about customer needs and the finer product details.
- You have a problem-solving mindset and a thirst for learning new things.
- You have experience leading projects, working cross-functionally, and taking ownership to drive initiatives to successful completion.
- Proven experience writing web applications in languages like TypeScript, Go, Java, Python, or similar.
- Strong foundation in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL technologies (DynamoDB, Redis).
- You understand scalable architectures and how to design systems for performance.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Excellent communication skills.
Nice to Have:
- A degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
- Experience in building multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
- Familiarity with AI systems and TypeScript.
- Experience building fintech or compliance products.