Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer owning core platform features for compliance infrastructure, including data orchestration, verification workflows, and APIs. Requires 5+ years experience, strong backend skills in Python/Go/TypeScript, and distributed systems expertise.
About the job
What You'll Do
Technical Ownership & Delivery
- Design, build, and maintain core platform features including data orchestration, verification workflows, and API infrastructure that serves customers across 100+ countries
- Own end-to-end delivery of complex features from technical design through deployment, monitoring, and iteration based on customer feedback
- Write clean, well-tested, and performant code with strong attention to system reliability, scalability, and security
- Drive architectural decisions for your domain, balancing technical excellence with pragmatic delivery
- Collaborate closely with product managers and designers to translate customer needs and compliance requirements into technical solutions
Leadership & Collaboration
- Mentor and pair with engineers across the team, conducting thoughtful code reviews and sharing knowledge
- Participate in on-call rotation to ensure platform reliability and lead incident response
- Contribute to engineering culture through process improvements, technical documentation, and advocating for engineering best practices
- Partner with cross-functional teams including customer success, sales, and operations
- Influence technical roadmap and architecture decisions through RFCs, design reviews, and strategic technical discussions
Innovation & Technical Excellence
- Stay current with emerging technologies and bring innovative approaches to fraud detection, data processing, and compliance automation
- Contribute to our AI-powered features including document intelligence, website analysis, and anomaly detection systems
- Identify and drive technical improvements to reduce technical debt, improve system performance, and enhance developer productivity
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building production systems
- Strong programming skills in modern languages (we primarily use Python, Go, and TypeScript/Node.js)
- Deep understanding of backend systems, distributed architectures, API design, and database optimization (SQL and NoSQL)
- Experience building scalable systems that handle high throughput and maintain reliability under load
- Track record of owning complex technical projects from conception to successful delivery
- Strong communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to engineering culture
Bonus Points
- Experience in fintech, compliance, identity verification, or fraud detection domains
- Familiarity with AI/ML systems, document processing, or computer vision applications
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern infrastructure tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform)
- Contributions to open source projects or technical communities
- Experience working in high-growth startup environments with rapidly evolving requirements
- Knowledge of global compliance regulations (KYC, KYB, AML, GDPR)
Skills
Python, Go, TypeScript, Node.js, SQL, NoSQL, AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Distributed Systems, API Design
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