Senior Backend Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Fintech): Building and scaling international payment infrastructure for a global financial platform with an accent on multi-currency operations, cross-border compliance, and integration with banking rails. Focus on designing reliable distributed systems, solving complex reconciliation challenges, and launching new markets from 0 to 1.

Location: Must be based in London (Hybrid). Relocation support available to NYC or SF if needed.

Company

hirify.global is a financial technology company building smart infrastructure to automate spend management and payment flows for businesses.

What you will do

• Build payment infrastructure supporting multiple countries, currencies, and regulatory regimes.
• Design scalable multi-currency accounting and reconciliation systems.
• Integrate with international banking systems and payment rails like SEPA, BACS, and SWIFT.
• Manage both 0-1 market launches and 1-N scaling of existing infrastructure.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with compliance, product, and operations teams.
• Own technical problems end-to-end from architecture to production reliability.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend or platform engineering experience in high-scale production environments.
• Strong systems design skills with the ability to build reliable solutions from ambiguous requirements.
• Experience working in fast-moving environments with high levels of independent ownership.
• Proficiency with distributed systems, performance optimization, and production reliability.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in fintech, payments, or capital markets.
• Familiarity with financial concepts like multi-currency accounting and cross-border compliance.
• Experience integrating with third-party financial APIs or international banking partners.
• Interest in international regulatory environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
• Flexible PTO and unlimited AI token usage.
• Parental leave up to 16 weeks at 100% pay.
• Health and wellness stipends plus pet insurance.
• In-office perks including lunch and snacks.
• Workplace pension and retirement plan options.