Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Finance

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Managers and Designers to define and prioritize the roadmap for advisor payments, commission earnings, and revenue systems
• Design and maintain distributed systems that process booking, payment, and reconciliation data at scale
• Build and optimize backend services that power payout logic, transaction timing, ledger accuracy, and integrations with third-party payment platforms
• Focus on performance, architecture, data modeling, and transactional reliability in all systems you own
• Collaborate with other engineers to define end-to-end engineering solutions that connect frontend experiences with secure, verifiable backend processes
• Own epics and be responsible for the full solution—design, implementation, and delivery

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 5+ years experience in backend web development
• 3+ years experience with Python, using Django / Flask / equivalent frameworks
• Strong experience designing APIs and distributed systems that handle financial or transactional data
• Experience with relational databases, ORMs, and data models that support accounting or ledger-based workflows
• Background in FinTech, Payments, or Infrastructure—especially systems involving reconciliation, double-entry accounting, or money movement—is highly preferred
• AWS experience, a plus
• Kubernetes experience, a plus
• Ability to be a team player, with strong communication and collaboration skills
• An entrepreneurial mindset

Compensation & Benefits

• Indicative range of $155K–$225K + equity
• Unlimited vacation
• Health Insurance (including an option completely covered by Fora)
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Wellhub Memberships
• 401k plan with company match
• Commuter Benefits
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Stock Options