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Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Trust and Safety)

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $181,000–$241,000🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-29

Core

Designing, developing, and launching backend systems at scale to support consumer risk understanding and credit reporting obligations.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Backend Infrastructure)

Builds

Foundational systems and data capabilities for risk and regulatory compliance

Domain

Fintech / Credit / Risk Management

Required skills

Backend system design, distributed systems architecture, Python, Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, Spark, Kubernetes, technical strategy, team leadership, code review standards

Preferred skills

Navigating ambiguity, cross-functional collaboration, mentoring engineers, defining operational processes

Technologies

AWS, MySQL, Spark, Kubernetes, Python, Kotlin

Responsibilities

Set technical strategy for the team on a year-long time scale, collaborate with product and design teams to manage technical risks, ensure system reliability through monitoring and alerting, foster a culture of quality by setting code review standards, develop talent through feedback and guidance

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

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