Staff Backend Engineer – Automation, Systems
Heard
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $180,000 - $230,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Design and build automation systems for reconciliation, categorization, and close
- Improve general ledger (GL) correctness and double-entry accounting workflows
- Own reliability and failure modes for high-volume financial data pipelines
- Partner with ML and data experts to productionize supervised models and LLM-assisted workflows
- Build lifecycle orchestration that moves customers forward without human intervention
- Reduce ops load through software, not process
- Set technical standards for backend systems that prioritize correctness and leverage
- Mentor other engineers through example, code reviews, and architectural judgment
Requirements
- 7–10+ years of backend engineering experience, preferably in the fintech space
- Deep experience building data-heavy, failure-prone systems
- Strong judgment around automation, edge cases, and system tradeoffs
- Comfort owning ambiguous, high-stakes problems without a playbook
- Experience working close to the business and caring about margin, not just code quality
- Fluency in modern backend stacks (ML/LLM experience a major bonus)
- Have held previous positions such as Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, or Senior Tech Lead
Benefits
- Compensation is variable and is subject to a candidate’s personal qualifications and expectations.
- Heard is an equal opportunity employer. We aim to build a workforce of individuals from different backgrounds, with different abilities, identities, and mindsets. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply!
- Heard participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify program to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
backend engineeringautomation systemsdouble-entry accountingdata pipelineslifecycle orchestrationsupervised modelsLLM-assisted workflowsdata-heavy systemstechnical standardscode reviews
Soft skills
judgmentmentorshipproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationleadershipadaptabilityattention to detailcritical thinkingownership