Production Node.js backend services and REST APIs — versioned, contract-stable, and hardened
ACH payment workflows end-to-end — debits, credits, retries, failure handling, virtual account ledgering, and reconciliation
Event-driven services using AWS SQS and webhooks for reliable asynchronous processing
PostgreSQL schemas that support complex financial workflows with integrity under failure
CI/CD contributions and test coverage that gives the team genuine confidence to ship
Internal React dashboards and operational tooling when needed
Design documentation, deployment runbooks, and scalability notes that you write because you are proud of the work — not because someone asked
You will occasionally work directly with customers to support integrations, troubleshoot live workflows, and demonstrate platform capabilities — you are comfortable representing the product outside the codebase

6–7 years engineering experience with a strong backend focus
Production Node.js and REST API design
Solid PostgreSQL — schema design, query optimization, data integrity
AWS — Lambda, RDS, SQS, API Gateway, Secrets Manager
OpenAPI / Swagger documentation experience
Event-driven systems experience — queues, webhooks, retry and failure logic
CI/CD pipeline experience and automated deployment workflows
Cross-functional communicator — comfortable working directly with Product, QA, DevOps, and business stakeholders
Agile practitioner — sprint planning, backlog grooming, and code reviews are second nature
End-to-end owner — you do not hand off, you follow through to production

Senior Backend Engineer – Payments Platform

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