Staff Backend Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Staff Backend Engineer (Fintech): Leading API design, governance, and application-layer architecture across hirify.global with an accent on consistency, reliability, and security. Focus on defining standards, guiding architectural decisions, and owning critical orchestration and aggregation services.

Location: Remote - EMEA

Company

hirify.global is a US-headquartered self-clearing broker-dealer and brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more.

What you will do

• Drive hirify.global’s API design principles and governance across internal and external APIs.
• Lead application-layer architecture, including orchestration and aggregation services.
• Own and evolve critical services powering application experiences.
• Define standards for API versioning, security, backward compatibility, and documentation.
• Drive best practices for observability, performance, and reliability at the application layer.
• Review API and architectural designs across teams and guide complex technical decisions.

Requirements

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience, including Staff-level technical leadership.
• Strong expertise in API design and distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Golang or Java (or equivalent backend experience).
• Experience with service orchestration, aggregation patterns, and BFF architectures.
• Deep understanding of observability and operational excellence.
• Experience in defining and influencing engineering standards across teams.

Nice to have

• Experience or understanding of financial markets.
• Experience working at a startup.
• Experience working remotely.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Health Benefits
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card