Staff Backend Engineer

Recruiting from Scratch | Financial Technology

1h 59m ago

On-site

Full Time

United States of America

$250k - $300k USD/yr

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Title of Role: Staff Backend Engineer
Location: New York City, NY (Flatiron District)
Company Stage of Funding: Not specified
Office Type: Onsite — 5 Days/Week
Salary: $250,000–$300,000 Base + Equity
Employment Type: Full-Time

Company Description

Our client is a technology company building a modern corporate access platform for investment banks and financial institutions.

The platform brings together CRM functionality, email communications, event management, reporting, customer data integrations, and AI-powered meeting allocation into a unified system.

As the platform scales, the engineering team is tackling increasingly complex backend challenges involving high-throughput processing, relational databases, distributed services, enterprise integrations, and data infrastructure.

The company is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to take technical ownership of its most critical backend systems and help shape the architecture supporting its next phase of growth.

What You Will Do

Architect, build, and scale high-throughput backend systems supporting email delivery, reporting, calendars, and customer data integrations.
Own complex backend initiatives end-to-end, from system design through implementation, deployment, and production operations.
Develop reliable, scalable services using Java, Spring Boot, or comparable backend technologies.
Design and optimize PostgreSQL databases, including multi-tenant schemas, partitioning, and query performance.
Build and operate production infrastructure on AWS.
Improve system scalability, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
Design data pipelines and backend infrastructure supporting the company's evolving AI capabilities.
Make architectural decisions involving databases, distributed processing, integrations, and system performance.
Collaborate with engineers and company leadership to solve challenging technical problems.
Remain actively involved in hands-on coding while providing technical direction on major backend projects.
Use modern AI engineering tools to improve development workflows and engineering productivity.

Ideal Candidate Background

8+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.
Extensive hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, or a comparable production backend stack.
Deep knowledge of relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL.
Experience designing and optimizing multi-tenant database architectures, partitioning strategies, and complex queries.
Strong production experience with AWS.
Demonstrated ownership of large, technically complex backend systems.
Experience designing scalable, high-throughput systems and enterprise integrations.
Strong system design and architectural decision-making skills.
Proven ability to independently drive major technical initiatives while remaining hands-on.
Experience across multiple substantial engineering roles or projects with clear individual contributions.
Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.
Comfortable using AI-assisted engineering tools beyond basic test generation.
Able to work onsite in New York City five days per week.

Preferred

Experience building email delivery, calendar, CRM, reporting, or enterprise integration systems.
Experience with asynchronous processing, messaging systems, and distributed architectures.
Deep experience with PostgreSQL performance optimization and schema design.
Experience building scalable data pipelines.
Experience supporting AI-powered products through backend and data infrastructure.
Previous Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Tech Lead, or senior IC experience.
Experience working in high-ownership startup or growth-stage environments.

Compensation & Benefits

$250,000–$300,000 base salary
Equity compensation
Direct collaboration with the co-founder and CIO
Significant ownership over backend architecture and technical direction
Opportunity to shape infrastructure supporting emerging AI capabilities
Hands-on senior individual contributor position
Onsite office in Manhattan's Flatiron District

Visa sponsorship is generally not preferred for this opening and would require confirmation with the hiring team.

Required Skills

javaspringbootpostgresqlaws

Required Languages

🇬🇧 English

Company Description

Our client is a technology company building a modern corporate access platform for investment banks and financial institutions.

The platform brings together CRM functionality, email communications, event management, reporting, customer data integrations, and AI-powered meeting allocation into a unified system.

The company is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to take technical ownership of its most critical backend systems and help shape the architecture supporting its next phase of growth.

What You Will Do

Architect, build, and scale high-throughput backend systems supporting email delivery, reporting, calendars, and customer data integrations.

Own complex backend initiatives end-to-end, from system design through implementation, deployment, and production operations.

Develop reliable, scalable services using Java, Spring Boot, or comparable backend technologies.

Design and optimize PostgreSQL databases, including multi-tenant schemas, partitioning, and query performance.

Build and operate production infrastructure on AWS.

Improve system scalability, performance, reliability, and maintainability.

Design data pipelines and backend infrastructure supporting the company's evolving AI capabilities.

Make architectural decisions involving databases, distributed processing, integrations, and system performance.

Collaborate with engineers and company leadership to solve challenging technical problems.

Remain actively involved in hands-on coding while providing technical direction on major backend projects.

Use modern AI engineering tools to improve development workflows and engineering productivity.

Ideal Candidate Background

8+ years of professional backend software engineering experience.

Extensive hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, or a comparable production backend stack.

Deep knowledge of relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL.

Experience designing and optimizing multi-tenant database architectures, partitioning strategies, and complex queries.

Strong production experience with AWS.

Demonstrated ownership of large, technically complex backend systems.

Experience designing scalable, high-throughput systems and enterprise integrations.

Strong system design and architectural decision-making skills.

Proven ability to independently drive major technical initiatives while remaining hands-on.

Experience across multiple substantial engineering roles or projects with clear individual contributions.

Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.

Comfortable using AI-assisted engineering tools beyond basic test generation.

Able to work onsite in New York City five days per week.

Preferred

Experience building email delivery, calendar, CRM, reporting, or enterprise integration systems.

Experience with asynchronous processing, messaging systems, and distributed architectures.

Deep experience with PostgreSQL performance optimization and schema design.

Experience building scalable data pipelines.

Experience supporting AI-powered products through backend and data infrastructure.

Previous Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Tech Lead, or senior IC experience.

Experience working in high-ownership startup or growth-stage environments.

Compensation & Benefits

$250,000–$300,000 base salary

Equity compensation

Direct collaboration with the co-founder and CIO

Significant ownership over backend architecture and technical direction

Opportunity to shape infrastructure supporting emerging AI capabilities

Hands-on senior individual contributor position

Onsite office in Manhattan's Flatiron District

Visa sponsorship is generally not preferred for this opening and would require confirmation with the hiring team.