Senior Backend Engineer - Identity Lifecycle
Core
Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and APIs for merchant onboarding, identity verification, and KYC/KYB regulatory data collection.
Role type
Senior Backend Engineer (Identity Lifecycle)
Builds
Reusable services and event-driven workflows for the identity platform
Domain
Fintech / Payments / Identity Verification / Regulatory Compliance
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, Java, API design, distributed systems, asynchronous processing, data modelling, testing, system design, event streaming (Kafka), observability (Grafana, Honeycomb), cloud operations (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)
Preferred skills
Fintech domain knowledge, KYC/KYB experience, translating regulatory requirements into engineering solutions
Technologies
Go, Java, Kafka, Grafana, Honeycomb, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Design and build scalable backend services and APIs; maintain and modernize existing Java services; drive reliability and resilience through observability and incident response; evolve domain models and service boundaries; mentor engineers and review code; work across team boundaries to solve complex backend problems
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
