Senior Backend Engineer - Transaction

The role

You will own core backend services for the card program including authorization, clearing, refunds, and dispute flows. You will work on a small team to reduce user friction from card declines and improve infrastructure.

What you will do

• Own core backend services for the card program
• Reduce user friction from card declines
• Work with issuing partners and ship fixes
• Make product calls alongside design and ops
• Use AI tools and agents for coding, investigation, data analysis, and automating operational work
• Improve infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and monitoring

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience
• Strong fundamentals in software design and problem solving
• Experience building or operating a card program, on the issuing side, processor side, or as a fintech running cards through a program manager
• A product mindset
• Use AI heavily to get things done
• Shipped products used by thousands of real users
• Drive and willingness to go the extra mile

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Performance-based incentives
• Token allocation grant
• Opportunity to work on multi-billion dollar products as part of a small team
• Health, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Global team with opportunity for travel and working out of our 3 offices around the world
• 4 weeks work from anywhere
• Exciting company events and team-building off-sites

About the company

Ether.fi is one of the largest crypto companies in the world with over $10B in assets under management. The team consists of 30 almost all technical staff and focuses on building real consumer applications for on-chain banking.