Job Overview
As a Staff Full Stack Engineer based in New York City, you will lead engineering for a core fintech platform, owning major features and architecture end-to-end while working directly with the Head of Engineering and CEO. This backend-leaning role requires you to design and maintain full-stack features that power customer workflows, develop APIs for payment infrastructure, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS using containerized services. You will be responsible for refining the SDLC and CI/CD pipelines while raising the bar for code quality and engineering standards across the team. To be successful, you must have over eight years of experience building production web applications, including at least five years of professional expertise in Python and Django. You should possess strong fundamentals in React, Redux, and PostgreSQL, alongside hands-on experience operating services with Docker and Kubernetes. We are looking for a technical leader who is comfortable setting direction for the product roadmap and mentoring other engineers. You must be a jack of all trades with a clear area of depth, capable of taking projects from initial idea to production deployment in a fast-paced environment. Your work will directly impact the scalability and reliability of a modern operating system for the debt collection industry.
Responsibilities
You'll help lead engineering on the core platform, owning major features and architecture end-to-end while working directly with the Head of Engineering and CEO.
Design, build, and maintain full-stack features that power core customer workflows across the platform.
Lead key components of the product roadmap, from technical design through production deployment and iteration
Help guide the technical team and raise the bar on architecture, code quality, and engineering standards
Develop and maintain backend services and APIs that integrate with third-party systems and payment infrastructure
Build user-facing interfaces and internal tools that improve customer workflows and operational efficiency
Refine the SDLC, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment workflows
Own and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS, including containerized and orchestrated services
Contribute to high-leverage architectural decisions as the platform scales
Mentor other engineers and support production debugging, performance tuning, and reliability work
Qualifications
We're looking for a staff-level full stack engineer who can set technical direction and own major parts of a production fintech platform.
Core engineering experience
- 8+ years building production web applications in a full-stack or backend-leaning role
- 5+ years of professional Python experience and 5+ years with Django (DRF a plus).
- Solid experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React and Redux
- Strong fundamentals with SQL and relational databases such as PostgreSQL
- Experience designing and consuming APIs and working with third-party integrations
Infrastructure & production systems
- In-depth, hands-on experience operating services on AWS (Terraform a plus)
- Experience with containerized and orchestrated applications and CI/CD pipelines (Docker, Kubernetes, Celery, GitHub Actions)
- Track record debugging production issues and improving performance, reliability, and scalability over time
Leadership & collaboration
- Comfortable setting technical direction and leading components of a roadmap end-to-end
- Strong ownership mentality with the judgment to take projects from idea to production
- Clear communicator who collaborates well with product, leadership, and other engineers, and who can mentor teammates
- Jack of all trades, expert in one: comfortable across the stack with a clear area of depth
Ideal Candidate
A senior, hands-on engineer based in or near New York City who wants the ownership of an early-stage team with the backing of a funded company. Strong backend depth in Python and Django with full-stack range, comfortable leading architecture and mentoring. The interview process is practical and respectful of your time, with fast feedback and direct access to technical leadership.
Thank you
Wazeer Khan & Abbas Khan
Pay: $180,000.00 - $220,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Family leave
- Flexible spending account
- Flextime
- Free health screenings
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Housing allowance
- Life insurance
- On-the-job training
- Parental leave
- Partner benefits
- Relocation assistance
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- 8+ years building production web applications in a full-stack or backend-leaning role
- 5+ years of professional Python experience and 5+ years with Django (DRF a plus).
- Solid experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React and Redux
- Strong fundamentals with SQL and relational databases such as PostgreSQL
- Experience designing and consuming APIs and working with third-party integrations
Infrastructure & production systems
- Experience with containerized and orchestrated applications and CI/CD pipelines (Docker, Kubernetes, Celery, GitHub Actions)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Andes, NY 13731
