Member of Technical Staff – Backend

Footprint

Backend engineer for building secure, scalable APIs powering Percy, an AI agent for financial crime investigations. Join a senior team that values high ownership and architectural authority.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Rust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

API and service design: Design and build high-performance, well-structured APIs and services that power the Footprint platform and the products our customers depend on.
End-to-end delivery: Work closely with design and frontend engineers to take features from ideation through production, owning the backend from data model to deployment.
Large product areas: Own significant features and entire product areas completely. You'll be trusted to make the architectural calls, not just implement them.
Product direction: Be a strong contributor to overall product direction and team planning. Your judgment shapes what we build, not only how we build it.
Rust at scale: Write production Rust for systems that handle sensitive data securely, reliably, and fast.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Production backend experience at scale: You've designed, built, and operated real backend systems under load, and you've debugged them when things broke.
Security-first mindset: You care about privacy, security, and trust, and it shows in how you architect and operate systems.
Strong systems thinking: You design for scalability and security from day one, not as an afterthought, and you reason clearly about tradeoffs.
Sweats the details: You think hard about edge cases, failure modes, and the not-happy path, because in our domain the details are the product.
Bias to action: You move quickly yet diligently, aren't afraid to make and own mistakes, and get things shipped.
Low ego, high ownership: You thrive in a high-trust environment where everyone pulls their weight and the best idea wins.

Benefits

Comp & perks

💰 Generous compensation and equity packages
🍽 Free lunch and dinner (after 7pm)
💪 Monthly wellness stipend
🏖 Unlimited PTO
🏥 Fully covered health, dental, and vision insurance
🚀 The chance to help shape the future of internet identity and financial crime prevention

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Hard Skills & Tools

API designservice designbackend developmentRustdata modelingproduction systemsdebuggingscalabilitysecurity architectureperformance optimization

Soft Skills

systems thinkingattention to detailbias to actionownershipcollaborationjudgmentproblem-solvingadaptabilitytrustworthinesscommunication