Staff Backend Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Staff Backend Engineer (Fintech): Building and optimizing high-volume backend systems for a rapidly growing fintech platform with an accent on reliability, security, and real-time payments. Focus on designing robust APIs, managing transactional data, and evolving microservices architecture using Rust and Go.

Location: Hybrid in Chicago, IL, Redwood City, CA, or New York, NY. In Redwood City, CA, office attendance is required on Mondays and three other days between Tuesday-Friday. In Chicago, IL and New York, NY, four days in-office attendance is required with one day remote.

Company

hirify.global, through its Klover platform, powers one of the fastest-growing fintech platforms in the U.S. supporting over one million active users each month.

What you will do

• Build and evolve microservices that handle high-volume financial and transactional data.
• Design and implement APIs that securely connect to third-party payment processors, banks, and fintech partners.
• Write thoughtful & quality code that is readable, testable, and easily maintainable.
• Develop data-driven services that power account management, transaction history, and financial insights.
• Work cross-functionally with backend, mobile, and product teams to consistently release high-quality, customer-focused financial features.
• Adhere to, and improve upon, agile processes through requirement documents and sprint retrospectives.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building backend services in production environments.
• Strong experience building and scaling backend systems that support financial products and real-time payments.
• Proficiency in building microservices using Rust and Go.
• Expert knowledge of SQL and experience designing data models for financial data integrity.
• Experience with message queues or event streams (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Nice to have

• Experience in the financial technology, payments, or banking systems industry.
• Familiarity with compliance, security, and data privacy standards (e.g., SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR).
• Experience designing transactional and event-driven systems for payments, reconciliation systems, or ledger-like applications.
• Familiarity with gRPC, protobuf, or GraphQL.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment with a willingness to learn and teach.
• Opportunity to work with modern technologies and architectures.
• Emphasis on an open feedback environment.
• Focus on building inclusive, data-powered financial products with reliability, privacy, and performance at scale.