Location: New York, NY — Hybrid (~3 days/week onsite, SoHo)
Compensation: $180,000 – $220,000 base + equity
Visa Sponsorship: Not supported
Experience Level: 8+ years
Employment Type: Full-Time
The client is building the modern operating system for the debt collection industry — a single system of record paired with an API-first workflow engine that handles accounts, outreach, payments, compliance, and reporting for collection agencies. The platform is early-stage, funded, and live with production customers.
This is a staff-level, backend-leaning full-stack engineering role with end-to-end ownership of major features and architecture on a production fintech platform. You'll work directly with the Head of Engineering and CEO on a lean, senior team — high ownership, real equity, and meaningful influence over the product and the codebase.
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Own major features and architecture end to end — from scoping through deployment and iteration
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Build and operate backend services powering an API-first workflow engine for accounts, outreach, payments, compliance, and reporting
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Develop and maintain React + Redux frontends where the work calls for full-stack range
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Operate and improve cloud infrastructure on AWS, containerized with Docker and Kubernetes
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Debug production issues and drive reliability and scalability improvements
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Integrate third-party and payment infrastructure as the platform expands
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8+ years building production web applications
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5+ years of professional experience with both Python and Django (both required, at depth)
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React + Redux frontend proficiency
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Hands-on operating experience with Docker and Kubernetes
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Experience owning AWS infrastructure
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Strong SQL / PostgreSQL fundamentals
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NYC-based and able to work onsite ~3 days/week (hybrid) — no relocation assistance
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Django REST Framework (DRF)
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Terraform, Celery, GitHub Actions
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Third-party / payment infrastructure integrations, SFTP, or payment processor work
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Track record debugging production issues and improving reliability and scalability
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Demonstrated ownership across scoping, deployment, and iteration, plus mentoring
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Fintech, collections, or compliance domain exposure
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Full-stack range with a clear area of depth ("jack of all trades, expert in one")
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Frontend-heavy "full stack" engineers with thin backend depth — this role is backend-leaning
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Engineers strong in Python or Django but not both at depth
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Pure ticket-execution profiles without production ownership
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Enterprise-only backgrounds with no early-stage or 0-to-1 comfort
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Candidates unable to be onsite ~3 days/week in NYC
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Hybrid role — ~3 days/week onsite in SoHo, New York, NY; please only apply if you can commit to this
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No relocation assistance available
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by David Joseph & Co.
