Senior Backend Engineer

The role

The Senior Backend Engineer will build robust integrations with 3rd party APIs and create fault-tolerant background processing pipelines. You will develop RESTful APIs and microservices, investigate client issues, and mentor junior to mid level engineers.

What you will do

• Build robust, fault-tolerant integrations with 3rd party APIs
• Create sophisticated background processing pipelines
• Develop mature APIs and microservices that adhere to RESTful principles
• Write strong unit and integration tests
• Investigate client issues and service disruptions
• Translate high-level requirements into system design updates and new data models
• Evaluate high level architectural choices and lower level design decisions
• Work autonomously and make system design decisions
• Mentor junior to mid level engineers

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of full-time experience as a Software Engineer
• BS in Computer Science or commensurate experience
• Proficient in TypeScript and JavaScript programming languages
• Strong experience with relational databases including schema and query design, implementation, optimization, and ORM usage
• Deep understanding of Node.js semantics (event loops, streams, events, etc)
• Proven track record for integrating with external APIs
• Full confidence in building a fault-tolerant and high-performant microservice
• Experience with background job processing, queues, etc
• History of scaling and optimizing performance of applications to support rapid growth

Nice to have

• Software Engineering experience in Finance or FinTech
• Experience on the Google Cloud Platform

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• $1,500.00 professional development budget
• Fitness/Wellness reimbursement
• Internet reimbursement
• Home Office $1,000.00 stipend
• Unlimited PTO with manager approval
• Mental health days off
• Annual company offsite

About the company

Grid is a fraud prevention platform that integrates multiple data providers into a single solution. The company was founded to design solutions for financial firms and startups to combat fraud tactics.