Founding Backend Engineer
Core
Architecting and building the core payment engine, platform APIs, and financial infrastructure for the higher education market.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (Founding Team)
Builds
Payment engine, platform APIs, and underlying financial infrastructure for education institutions.
Domain
Fintech / Higher Education / Payments
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, Postgres, Redis, system architecture, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, API design, background jobs, observability, security, performance optimization.
Preferred skills
Ruby/Rails, Terraform, messaging queues, fintech domain knowledge, AI tooling (Cursor, Claude, Junie).
Technologies
Node.js, Postgres, Redis, Rai, AWS, Terraform.
Responsibilities
Architect modern financial infrastructure for external payments; build and maintain critical infrastructure (payments, storage, networking, security, observability); own core banking infrastructure including Federal Reserve integrations; design and implement CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling; improve system resiliency and availability; lead platform initiatives like integrations and new products; optimize performance, reliability, and correctness.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC (Founding Team)