Hybrid Senior Backend Engineer – Grant Core

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Own and scale our multi-rail payment systems (ACH, RTP, card networks) to handle transaction volume while maintaining 99.99% reliability
  • Design and build scalable backend services that can handle millions of transactions with low latency and high throughput
  • Optimize our Sidekiq job infrastructure to efficiently process complex workflows for underwriting, collections, and payment distribution
  • Lead architectural decisions for our core financial systems, balancing speed, reliability, and cost as we scale
  • Build robust data pipelines that power our ML models and real-time decision engines

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience with modern backend frameworks and a track record of building and scaling production systems
  • Strong systems design skills - you've architected and shipped distributed systems that handle high throughput and maintain data consistency
  • Production experience with background job processing systems (Sidekiq, Resque, or similar)
  • Solid understanding of database optimization, caching strategies, and performance tuning

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage - Kikoff covers the full cost of health insurance for the employee!
  • Meaningful equity in the form of RSU's
  • Flexible vacation policy to help you recharge
  • Competitive pay based on experience consisting of base + equity + benefits

Job title

Senior Backend Engineer – Grant Core

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$200,000 - $260,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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