Backend Python Software Engineer
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
5 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position: Backend / Python Software Engineer
Location: San Francisco CA
Duration: Fulltime
Description: Scope of Role
Were seeking a strong Backend / Python Engineer to lead our core product development. Our backend serves a REST API that powers our iOS Android and Web frontends. You will integrate with cryptocurrency wallet and banking service providers among other services for auth ledger payment rails etc.
This is a financial services application with significant complexity handling real money at scale internationally.
Our backend is a Python (FastAPI) monolith supported by Postgres and Redis on AWS. We are open to Rust and/or Go for any services that need to be broken out for performance.
This is a critically important role on our team. Youll be working directly with the technical founders to set standards and build a highly performant reliable and secure app from the ground up. This role may evolve into a backend or general engineering lead as we scale.
MUST HAVE SKILLS
Requirements
- CANDIDATES MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH A GITHUB PROFILE
- Experience at banking/credit card/crypto/remittances/lending startups
- True fintech building experience (not maintaining as part of a large system)
- Experience dealing with the nitty-gritty of Anti-Fraud AML Ledgering Payments Orchestration
- 5 years building and shipping web applications in Python Go or Rust
- Experience generally across the backend: working with Postgres Redis AWS etc.
- Experience in financial technology/payments/stablecoins
You might be an especially good fit if you have:
- Full-stack engineering skillset and ability to flex across other parts of the stack
Key Skills
- APIs
- Docker
- Jenkins
- REST
- Python
- AWS
- NoSQL
- MySQL
- JavaScript
- Postgresql
- Django
- GIT
