Senior Software Engineer Backend

Senior Software Engineer Backend

• Location: San Francisco Bay Area CA strongly preferred - hybrid from our San Ramon office (3 days a week); Core hours 7:00 AM 4:00 PM PT.
• Compensation: The US base salary range for this full-time position is $120000 $180000 up to 15% performance-based bonus. The position is eligible for performance-based equity compensation.
• Work Authorization: Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

About ARIVE

ARIVE () is the industrys first integrated LOS POS and Pricing Engine with a connected Lender Marketplace purpose-built for independent mortgage originators. We are a dynamic high-growth company revolutionizing digital mortgage originations and our platform seamlessly connects independent loan originators top-tier wholesale lenders borrowers referral partners credit providers and property and settlement service providers creating a faster more transparent and more affordable path to homeownership.

Position Overview

Were seeking a talented Senior Backend Engineer to design support and scale the services at the heart of the ARIVE platform the engine powering loan originations for thousands of independent mortgage brokers nationwide. Youll work hands-on with TypeScript PostgreSQL MongoDB AWS and Docker partnering closely with product frontend and DevOps teams to ship high-quality cloud-native features at startup speed.

A key part of this role is production ownership partnering with our support team to troubleshoot at-scale production issues driving root cause to resolution and hardening the platform so problems stay fixed. Youll also coordinate closely with our US architects and India-based engineering team for new features. This is a high-ownership role for an engineer who loves solving hard distributed-systems and data problems in a domain where reliability performance and security truly matter. Youll take end-to-end ownership of major workstreams alongside our most senior architects freeing them to focus on next-generation platform initiatives. Join us and make a meaningful sustainable impact alongside some of the industrys brightest minds.

Key Responsibilities

• Design & Build: Architect develop and maintain scalable RESTful APIs and backend services using and TypeScript powering mission-critical loan origination workflows.
• Data Engineering: Design efficient database schemas and optimize queries and migrations across PostgreSQL and MongoDB; implement caching strategies (e.g. Redis) for high-throughput workloads.
• Cloud & Containers: Build test and deploy containerized applications with Docker; deploy and operate services on AWS (EC2 Lambda RDS S3 SQS).
• DevOps Collaboration: Partner with DevOps to strengthen CI/CD pipelines infrastructure-as-code and observability (logging metrics tracing alerting).
• Reliability & Security: Champion system reliability performance and secure coding best practices our platform handles sensitive borrower data and we operate in a SOC 2 Type II environment where security is a first-class engineering concern.
• Production Ownership: Partner with our Support team as an engineering point of contact for escalated production issues at scale triage root-cause and resolve end-to-end then land the permanent fix alerting and runbooks so issues dont recur. Drive performance optimization across the backend and data layers.
• Global Collaboration: Coordinate daily with our India-based engineering team handoffs code reviews and design alignment keeping core hours of 7:00 AM 4:00 PM PT to maximize morning overlap.
• Technical Leadership: Lead technical design sessions and code reviews mentor mid-level engineers and contribute to product planning and architectural roadmaps.

Things We Look For

• Experience: 5 years of hands-on backend engineering experience with most if not all of the following: TypeScript PostgreSQL MongoDB AWS and Docker.
• API & Systems Design: Strong command of RESTful API design microservices and event-driven architectures and message queues (e.g. SQS Kafka RabbitMQ).
• Data Fluency: Deep experience with both relational and NoSQL data modeling query optimization indexing strategies and zero-downtime migrations.
• Quality Mindset: Solid habits around automated testing (unit integration E2E) code review and CI/CD; you ship fast without breaking things.
• Security Awareness: Working knowledge of secure SDLC practices authN/authZ patterns (OAuth 2.0 JWT) OWASP Top 10 and handling sensitive data in a regulated environment.
• Observability: Experience with monitoring and APM tooling (e.g. Datadog CloudWatch New Relic) and a bias toward measuring before optimizing.
• Escalation Experience: Youve served as an engineering point of contact for support escalations and stay calm and methodical when debugging live production systems under pressure.
• AI-Forward: You leverage AI coding tools to maximize your speed and output and are excited to help build AI-powered capabilities into the platform.
• Startup DNA: Proactive self-directed and comfortable with ambiguity; you thrive in a fast-paced high-ownership environment and communicate clearly across teams.
• Bonus Points: FinTech mortgage or other regulated-industry experience; familiarity with LOS/POS platforms or the loan origination lifecycle is a strong plus.

What We Offer

• Compensation: The US base salary range for this full-time position is $120000 $180000 up to 15% performance-based bonus. The position is eligible for performance-based equity compensation. Our salary ranges are determined by location level and role; individual compensation will be determined by experience skills and job-related knowledge.
• Comprehensive medical dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with employer match.
• Generous PTO policy.
• Endless learning and growth opportunities in a fast-paced growth-mode startup environment.
• A supportive inclusive and high-performance company culture.

Note: ARIVE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local state or federal laws rules or regulations.