Hybrid Senior Backend Engineer, Digital Payments

at Uphold

• Job title: Senior Backend Engineer, Digital Payments
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $225,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Docker, JavaScript, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices, Postgres, Pulsar, RabbitMQ, Redis, SDLC, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Senior Backend Engineer developing and maintaining backend services for Uphold's global payment infrastructure. Leading projects that connect Uphold with various payment methods and banking networks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of backend services and APIs that power Uphold's global payment infrastructure.
• Architect scalable and resilient services with a strong emphasis on security, observability, and fault tolerance.
• Deeply understand the business domain and proactively identify technical solutions to drive product strategy.
• Contribute to the evolution of the team's software engineering practices and development lifecycle.
• Guide the integration with external payment networks, banking partners, and service providers.
• Own the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) from ideation to deployment and monitoring.
• Actively mentor and support junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and architectural discussions.
• Participate in on-call rotations to support production systems as needed.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to define technical requirements and translate them into reliable solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience in backend development with a strong track record of delivering production-grade systems.
• Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, with proficiency in modern backend frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, RPC protocols, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with event-driven systems and message brokers like Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pulsar, or NSQ.
• Advanced understanding of PostgreSQL or other relational databases and Redis.
• Familiarity with cloud-native technologies, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS-based deployment environments.
• Commitment to security best practices, particularly for handling sensitive financial data.
• Proven experience optimizing systems for performance, scalability, and observability.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to drive consensus in a cross-functional setting.
• Passion for mentorship and fostering a collaborative engineering culture.

Benefits

• An amazing work environment in a company that continues to grow, driven by extraordinary and passionate people that keep up innovating and challenging more each day.
• An international team, in a cutting edge field, working on the most fascinating projects.
• Growth and career opportunities, and the chance to be proactive and creative.
• A flexible and enthusiastic work environment that offers you snacks, a lot of coffee and other great benefits.
• Open and transparent culture - we get together on a weekly basis to share updates, strategic plans, and engage with each other informally over food and drinks.
• Interesting events that keep you connected with the team and celebrate our success.