Senior Backend Engineer – Payments Infrastructure & Financial Systems

Arcadia • San Francisco Bay Area

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Join a high-growth fintech startup to design, build, and scale mission-critical backend infrastructure for payment processing, financial transactions, and distributed systems. Own core reliability, scalability, and architecture while driving technical decisions for rapid growth. Requires deep expertise in distributed systems, financial infrastructure, and backend reliability.

Key Highlights

Own core backend infrastructure for payment processing, card issuing, and financial transactions

Scale distributed systems to handle high transaction volumes with reliability and performance

Establish CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, security, and compliance for mission-critical financial systems

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain production-grade backend services for payment processing and financial transactions

Architect scalable distributed systems capable of handling high user and transaction volumes

Develop and improve ledger integrity systems, including reconciliation, transaction validation, and discrepancy detection

Establish CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment infrastructure for production stability

Implement comprehensive monitoring, observability, alerting, and automated recovery processes

Design secure financial infrastructure compliant with industry regulations and standards

Build and optimize data infrastructure for financial reporting, risk management, and analytics

Drive architectural decisions and engineering standards for rapid company scaling

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Technical Skills Required

Distributed Systems Backend Infrastructure Database Design

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation with meaningful equity upside

Visa sponsorship support available

Significant technical ownership and influence over engineering decisions

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Nice to Have

Experience in fintech, payments, or banking infrastructure

Familiarity with card issuing, payment networks, or ledger-based systems

Knowledge of financial compliance, security, and auditability requirements

Exposure to data engineering, analytics, or regulatory reporting systems

Job Description

Backend Engineer – Payments & Infrastructure

Location: San Francisco, CA (On-site)- 996

Employment Type: Full-Time

Industry: Fintech / Financial Technology

About the Opportunity

We're partnering with a well-funded, high-growth fintech startup that's building next-generation financial infrastructure and payment solutions.

Backed by leading venture capital investors, the company is developing a technology-driven platform designed to modernize how consumers access, manage, and move money.

They're looking for a talented Backend Engineer to take ownership of the reliability, scalability, and architecture of their core financial infrastructure.

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