Fintech Engineering Lead San Francisco CA
Job Description
Job DescriptionJob Title: Fintech Engineering Lead
Location: San Francisco, CA
Visa Status: US Citizens and Green Card Holders
Skills: Python, Redis, PostgreSQL, Go (Golang), AWS, Rust, FastAPI
The Role
We're seeking a Fintech Engineering Lead who has directly leverable B2C banking, stablecoin, or payments experience. This is a critically important role on our team. You’ll be working with the technical founders to set standards that conform with industry engineering best practices and building a highly performant, reliable, and secure app from the ground up.
Our stack:
- Python (FastAPI) monolith supported by Postgres and Redis on AWS. We are open to Rust and/or Go for any services that need to be broken out for performance.
- Backend serves a REST API that powers our iOS, Android, and Web frontends. We are integrating with cryptocurrency wallet and banking service providers, among other services for auth, ledger, payment rails, etc.
This is a financial services application with significant complexity handling real money at scale, internationally.
Requirements
- 5+ years building and shipping fintech software with deep expertise in at least one of the following systems: ledgering, payments processing, stablecoin infra, risk/fraud management
- Experience generally across the backend: working with Postgres, Redis, AWS, etc.
You might be an especially good fit if you have a Full-stack engineering skillset, with ability to flex across other parts of the stack