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As a Staff Engineer on the Cards team, you will lead the architecture and development of complex backend systems that support our card products. You will drive cross-team technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and shape the long-term engineering strategy to ensure scalability, security, and reliability at a global scale.
Job Responsibility:
Drive the architecture, design, and evolution of complex backend systems that support the Cards product
Lead cross-functional technical initiatives and ensure alignment with long-term engineering goals
Own the full lifecycle of backend services—from idea to design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance
Guide teams in making scalable, secure, and high-performing system design decisions
Establish engineering best practices around observability, testing, and API design
Mentor and support the growth of engineers across the team
Collaborate closely with product, design, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable and impactful solutions
Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience in technical leadership roles
Proven experience architecting and scaling backend systems and APIs in production
Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
Expertise in at least one backend language (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Go, Python)
Deep understanding of REST API design and modern backend frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot)
Experience with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP) and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes
Strong commitment to code quality, reliability, and performance
Nice to have:
Experience leading cross-team initiatives and influencing technical direction at a system-wide level
Proficiency in observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk)
Familiarity with security and compliance considerations in the financial services domain