You’ll help design and operate the systems that power our financial platform.
Design and implement scalable distributed systems supporting financial transactions and real-time events
Architect services that handle real-world scale, failure scenarios, and performance constraints
Ensure strong data integrity and consistency across distributed workflows
Build secure infrastructure protecting sensitive financial data
Identify opportunities to leverage AI tools to accelerate development and improve engineering workflows
Contribute to AI-enabled product features and automation across the platform
Help evolve how our team integrates modern developer tools and AI-assisted engineering practices
Design systems with observability, monitoring, and failure recovery in mind
Debug complex production issues across distributed services
Improve reliability and performance of mission-critical systems
Participate in on-call rotations to maintain platform stability
Partner with product and business teams to translate customer needs into scalable technical solutions
Lead architectural decisions through hands-on implementation
Mentor engineers and help raise engineering standards across the team

Requirements

8+ years of experience building and operating production systems
Strong distributed systems design experience
Expertise in at least one major web framework (Rails, Django, Express, Fastify, etc.)
Strong database knowledge including indexing, query optimization, and transactional integrity
Experience designing highly available production systems
Familiarity with authentication, authorization, and secure API design

Benefits

Generous PTO and company holiday policy + company paid Short Term Disability
100% employer covered health and dental insurance for our direct employees (a set plan is covered, with higher tier healthcare coverage available at employee's additional cost; dependent coverage is at employee's cost); vision plan available at employee's additional cost
Child Care Benefits and generous parental leave
Dog-friendly workspace in a secure building with great views of downtown Austin
Daily lunches and snacks for in-office team members

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

distributed systems designweb frameworksdatabase knowledgeindexingquery optimizationtransactional integritysecure API designAI toolsobservabilitymonitoring

Soft Skills

mentoringleadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunication