Senior Backend Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Fintech): Developing and scaling essential financial systems for research and trading pipelines with an accent on distributed architectures and high-performance data processing. Focus on optimizing system reliability, performance, and scalability while building new features using Java and data-intensive technologies.

Company

hirify.global is a global investment management firm that develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across diverse asset classes and markets.

What you will do

• Research, design, code, and test firmwide software platforms and tooling.
• Improve performance, scalability, and reliability of mission-critical trading pipelines.
• Collaborate closely with researchers and portfolio managers to enhance production systems.
• Build and maintain data-intensive architectures using Kafka, PostgreSQL, and BigQuery.
• Solve complex problems in distributed systems environments.

Requirements

• Computer Science degree or equivalent experience.
• Deep expertise in modern Java and building scalable, resilient, mission-critical services.
• Extensive experience developing complex software systems within financial services.
• Strong experience with data-intensive architectures using Kafka, PostgreSQL, or BigQuery.
• Proven track record of performance optimization and production-level reliability.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including premium private health and life insurance.
• Comprehensive support through Employee Assistance Programs and fully covered sick leave.
• Active culture of continuous learning with training courses, global conferences, and internal guest speakers.
• Regular team-building offsites, annual conferences, and global summits.
• Intellectually driven environment that encourages challenging conventional thinking.