What you'll do
- Lead engineering efforts to build a secure, scalable, high-performance fintech platform from scratch.
- Collaborate closely with founders to define engineering standards and product delivery strategies.
- Manage a small, senior, and highly experienced team focused on ownership and speed.
- Develop backend services using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, and AWS with potential use of Rust or Go for performance-critical components.
- Integrate multiple systems including wallets, banking providers, authentication, ledgers, and payment rails.
What you should know
- Ideal candidates have 5+ years in fintech engineering with expertise in payments, stablecoins, or fraud/risk systems.
- Opportunity to influence core engineering standards and build a platform from the ground up.
- Work environment is fast-paced and demands high ownership and technical excellence.
- Role requires strong backend skills and openness to exploring Rust or Go for critical services.
- Candidates with full-stack capabilities across the wider system are preferred but not mandatory.
About the company
- A global consumer neobank targeting emerging markets with combined banking, payments, and crypto services.
- Founded by experienced entrepreneurs who have built products for hundreds of millions of users.
- Emphasizes a culture of ownership, speed, and product delivery within a small, senior team.
- Focuses on solving challenges where traditional financial systems fall short.
- Operates in the fintech industry with a strong distribution network already in place.
Key required skills
PythonFastAPIPostgreSQLRedisAWSRustGo