Staff/Principal Backend Engineer
Core
Define long-term technical architecture and drive engineering direction for core platforms and services in a retail finance fintech. (via careerplan.io/jobs/9c1b7171-3c47-4438-85d6-1d9b87fc28f2-staffprincipal-backend-engineer-at-ajaib)
Role type
Staff/Principal Backend Engineer (Architecture & Strategy)
Builds
Scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure distributed systems for financial access products.
Domain
Fintech / Retail Finance / High-scale distributed systems
Required skills
Java, Go, microservices, event-driven architectures, cloud-native design, reliability engineering, observability, performance optimization, Kafka, Redis, relational/NoSQL databases, GCP, AWS
Preferred skills
Fintech background, experience in highly regulated environments
Responsibilities
Define and drive long-term technical architecture; Lead design of distributed systems; Review critical system designs; Establish best practices in software design and security; Mentor senior engineers; Identify technical risks and drive strategic technology decisions; Lead technical investigations and root cause analysis; Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions.
Seniority
Staff/Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
