Lead Backend Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Lead Backend Engineer (Fintech): Serve as the backend technical anchor for the Frisbee consumer application, while also acting as the execution lead across hirify.global’s mobile engineering teams with an accent on business logic, feature gating and much of the user experience configuration. Focus on designing and building backend services that orchestrate product behavior.

Location: Redwood City, CA: Mondays (in-office for stand-ups, all-hands) and choice of three days between Tues-Friday

Company

hirify.global empowers consumers to leverage their data in exchange for modern financial services and allows businesses to leverage data to achieve better outcomes.

What you will do

• Design, build, and own backend services (primarily Rust-based microservices) that power the Frisbee consumer experience.
• Own backend systems responsible for business logic, feature flags, and UX configuration that control mobile behavior and layout.
• Define and maintain clean, well-documented APIs and client-server contracts used by iOS and Android applications.
• Partner closely with mobile engineers to enable fast, predictable execution and unblock delivery.
• Provide architectural guidance and code review across backend and mobile codebases.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to translate customer needs into scalable systems.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience building and owning backend systems in production environments.
• Strong experience designing APIs, service boundaries, and data models.
• Experience evolving complex systems and working with microservice or service-oriented architectures.
• Experience operating systems in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience working closely with iOS and Android engineering teams.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with backend- or configuration-driven client architectures.
• Experience with gRPC, protobuf, or GraphQL.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Understanding of mobile performance characteristics and constraints.
• Exposure to React Native.
• Experience integrating third-party SDKs (e.g., analytics, scanning, CRM).

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work directly with hands-on leaders and mission-driven individuals.
• Contribute to building a more equitable and efficient data sharing ecosystem.