Senior Backend Engineer

The role

You will design, build, and scale backend services for document processing and workflow automation. You will work on distributed systems, infrastructure, and data processing pipelines.

What you will do

• Design, build, and scale backend services for document processing and workflow automation
• Develop asynchronous pipelines and distributed systems for large data volumes
• Build and maintain infrastructure using AWS services and queueing systems
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and observability
• Optimize systems for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency
• Build systems for processing and transforming structured and unstructured data
• Integrate external services such as OCR and AI models
• Improve reliability and throughput of document and data processing pipelines
• Contribute to APIs and internal services
• Work with product, frontend, and customer-facing teams to deliver features

Required qualifications

• 4–7+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems
• Strong proficiency in backend frameworks such as Node.js, Django, or similar
• Experience designing distributed systems and asynchronous processing pipelines
• Solid experience with AWS and cloud infrastructure
• Strong understanding of system performance, reliability, and observability
• Experience building production-grade APIs and services
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams

Nice to have

• Experience building data processing or ETL pipelines
• Familiarity with document processing, OCR, or AI/ML integrations
• Experience with queueing systems (e.g., SQS) and event-driven architectures
• Experience optimizing systems for high throughput and low latency
• Background in financial services, insurance, or other data-intensive industries
• Experience at a high-growth B2B SaaS company

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity
• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO
• Stocked office pantry with snacks and ready-to-eat meals
• Company offsite to connect and recharge

About the company

Feathery is the AI operating system for financial institutions. It provides financial agentic automation for clients like Tokio Marine, Sequoia Financial, and Cerity Partners.