# Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Finance

**Company:** [Fora](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fora)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $155k – $225k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, Django, Flask, API Design, Distributed Systems, Relational Databases, Orms, AWS, Kubernetes, Fintech
**Posted:** 2026-04-07

> Senior/Staff Backend Engineer building and scaling advisor payment systems, including booking ingestion, commission collection, payouts, reconciliation, and fintech integrations using Python and distributed systems.

## Job Description

## 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

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