Senior Back End Developer

Senior Back-end Developer - Retail Brokerage

Full-time Hybrid role in NYC

In this position, you’ll design, develop, and optimize a robust, scalable software back end that powers our web and mobile applications for a new product offering. You will join a team of back-end developers, ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of our platforms while collaborating with front-end, product, and infrastructure teams.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance back-end systems, APIs, and databases that support the business’s web and mobile applications.
• Help foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Collaborate with front-end developers, product managers, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of features and services.
• Architect scalable, secure, and efficient server-side solutions that meet fintech industry standards and handle high transaction volumes.
• Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment, including code reviews and automated testing frameworks.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in back-end development, blockchain, and fintech to recommend innovative improvements.
• Embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI to improve team performance and business outcomes.
• Leverage AI tools (e.g., generative AI, automation platforms, data copilots) to improve productivity, decision-making, and output quality in your day-to-day work.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of experience in back-end development, with at least 2 years in a senior role.
• Must have experience from a retail brokerage.
• Hands-on development experience in Node, Express, TypeScript and related frameworks like Nest.js to build REST API’s and other services.
• Strong experience with SQL and some exposure to NoSQL is nice to have.
• Experience with Microservices and event-based architecture.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience in using Caching and Messaging Queues like Kafka.
• Experience using Postman and Git / Bitbucket.

Bonus Points:

• Prior experience working in a startup.