Backend Founding Engineer

A start up is looking for a Backend Founding Engineer to join their team.

Location: NYC; Must be able to work in NYC 4 days onsite per week

Compensation: $180-230k + Equity

Must have worked at early stage start-ups!

US Citizens/GC Holders; no C2C/3rd parties

Responsibilities:

• Independently communicate with Customer Support to investigate and resolve customer-reported issues
• Design database schemas and APIs for small-to-medium scoped features
• Implement features following internal engineering principles and guidelines
• Provide estimates for their own work and communicate progress and risks proactively to the team

Qualifications:

Deep experience with and understanding of:

• JavaScript (5+ years)
• Node.js (5+ years)
• Express.js framework (2+ years)
• APIs (5+ years)/Building fintech backend APIs (1+ years)
• Databases (PostGreSQL) (2+ years)
• Architecture (2+ years)
• Fintech web applications (1+ years)

• Ability to see challenges as opportunities to level up, high-achieving and goal-oriented
• A collaborative spirit and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, highly collaborative and transparent in your work, output, and decision making
• Passion for creative thinking and bold ideas for growing the business/enhancing customer experience
• Expert time management and organizational skills