Backend Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Backend Engineer (Fintech): Build and ship highly reliable, performant, and mission critical API products for a global stablecoin payments platform with an accent on backend systems, SQL databases, and financial infrastructure. Focus on designing scalable APIs, leading product direction, and improving engineering standards in a fast-paced environment.

Location: San Francisco or New York, USA

Salary: $187,500 - $281,300 per year

Company

Bridge is a fintech startup building a new payments platform using stablecoins to enable faster, cheaper, and borderless global money movement.

What you will do

• Ship software to build and improve API products serving thousands of developers globally.
• Take sole ownership of projects and collaborate with internal teams and external partners.
• Continuously improve product offerings to enhance partner and end user experience.
• Make tradeoffs balancing business priorities, user experience, and technical sustainability.
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes across the organization.

Requirements

• Location: Must be based in San Francisco or New York, USA
• 5+ years of experience building backend systems with SQL databases.
• Ability to lead product design and direction with strong ownership.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to write clear technical documentation.
• Experience or passion for crypto, blockchain, or financial products is a plus.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, autonomous environment.