Staff Backend Engineer (Java/Go)- AI Fintech

Staff Backend Engineer (Java/Go)- AI Fintech Overview

Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (Go/Java) — AI Fintech (Series A) | San Francisco or New York (Hybrid)

We’re hiring on behalf of a fast-growing Series A fintech startup that is building AI-native fraud prevention and disputes automation for banks and credit unions.

What You’ll Do

• Architect microservices and the core frameworks and libraries used across the platform
• Build integrations with card networks, banks and merchant platforms
• Lead the end-to-end development of key features and platform upgrades, including CI/CD, performance and security

What We’re Looking For

• 6+ years in software engineering
• 2+ years using Go or Java in production
• Significant contributions to platform work or system architecture
• Experience leading an end-to-end feature build or a re-architecture
• Mentoring or tech lead experience
• Nice to have: payments, chargebacks or fraud experience, or early-stage startup experience
• BS in Computer Science or a related STEM field

Why join

• Competitive base salary + equity
• Hybrid: Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the SF or NYC office
• A modern interview process with no LeetCode and no onsite. It includes an AI-assisted pair programming round and a system design round
• A kind, ambitious culture with real work-life balance
• H-1B transfers supported, with green card sponsorship

Skills: go,ci/cd,java

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