Backend Engineer

The role

You will build and scale integration infrastructure to sync client data across financial advisor tech stacks. You will work on data mapping, synchronization, and platform reliability.

What you will do

• Build and maintain integrations with third-party financial systems.
• Solve complex data mapping and synchronization challenges.
• Develop platform capabilities for scalable data orchestration.
• Own end-to-end delivery of backend features and services.
• Contribute to integration infrastructure and reusable patterns.
• Collaborate with frontend, product, and design teams.

Required qualifications

• 4-6 years of backend engineering experience.
• Strong fundamentals in backend development, including API design, data modeling, concurrent systems, and performance optimization.
• Experience working with relational databases and distributed systems concepts.
• Curious and eager to learn.
• Bias toward action and ownership.
• Strong communication skills.
• Thrive in fast-paced environments with evolving priorities and high autonomy.
• Interest and experience with AI tools and prompting.

Nice to have

• Experience building integrations, ETL pipelines, or working with third-party APIs at scale.
• Exposure to financial services, fintech, or B2B SaaS products.
• Experience at seed/early-stage startups.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, message queues, or data synchronization patterns.
• Previously built side projects or contributed to open source software.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity options
• 100% company-paid insurance premiums for family coverage (medical, vision, dental)
• 401K, HSA & FSA plans
• OneMedical, HealthAdvocate, TalkSpace, and Teladoc memberships
• Technology stipend
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid parental leave

About the company

Dispatch is a wealth tech data orchestration company building tools to sync client data across a financial advisor's tech stack. The team consists of experienced startup operators with roots in tech and advisory.