Design and implement core backend systems for supporting growth features that hundreds of thousands of users use weekly - scaling to handle millions monthly.
Level up product experience throughout the user lifecycle. From onboarding to advancing to account closure. You’ll own and iterate on these experience
Integrate with third-party financial service providers and internal services, building robust APIs and data pipelines that ensure accuracy and consistency at scale - scaling up to billions of dollars per year
Experiment and iterate on new user offerings and existing experience to improve retention and user value.
Contribute across the stack on user-facing experiences tied to core subscription payments and related features — from checkout and repayment flows to account management.
Enhance observability and reliability, introducing monitoring, alerting, and fault tolerance into user-critical systems.
Support adjacent product areas, contributing to shared systems and features beyond grant as part of a cross-functional engineering org.
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
Track record of making infrastructure decisions that balance technical excellence with business pragmatism
Production experience with background job processing systems (Sidekiq, Resque, or similar)
Solid understanding of database optimization, caching strategies, and performance tuning
Experience with payment systems, financial infrastructure, or regulated environments (ACH, card processing, real-time payments)
Background in fintech, payments, or lending infrastructure
Technical Leadership: Ability to own complex technical initiatives end-to-end, from design through implementation and rollout
Mentorship: Help level up the team through code reviews, design docs, and technical guidance
Impact Focus: Balance technical perfection with pragmatic delivery - you know when to build for scale vs. ship fast
Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner effectively with product, data science, and operations to deliver customer value
Operational Excellence: Take ownership of the reliability and performance of the systems you build.
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
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