Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 29, 2026.
Join Finch as a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) and be a part of a fast-growing startup. You will design, build, and maintain powerful services to enable Finch's data presentation layer. You will lead product expansion initiatives, develop and maintain integrations, and deploy code daily. You will also have the opportunity to work in a remote-friendly environment, receive a $1K stipend to build your home office, and enjoy various other benefits.
Missions
- Design, build, and maintain powerful services to enable Finch’s data presentation layer.
- Lead the charge on product expansion initiatives, including horizontal expansion of existing integrations and greenfield development.
- Develop, test, and maintain integrations to meet security, scalability, and performance requirements.
Profil recherché
- Exposure to high-growth start-ups- Experience working in a remote-friendly environment
- Technical understanding of the software development process
- Experience working cross-functionality across multiple teams to deliver high-quality products
- Knowledge of agile best practices and how to leverage them to release faster
- Track record of executing and delivering on large projects with high ambiguity
- 7+ years of relevant backend development experience in a start-up environment
- Excellent written and oral business communication and people skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders, including technical leaders and executive management
- Detail-oriented approach to challenges and the ability to drive initiatives to completion
- Deep experience working with APIs and back end technologies
- Experience using Git in a professional environment
- Familiar with various API authentication and authorization methods; particularly OAuth
- Experience using a cloud provider. AWS is a bonus
- Strong knowledge of testing best practices. TDD is a bonus
- Experience using a distributed messaging system
- Experience working with NodeJS, PostgreSQL, Redis
- Strong system-design skills and experience working with distributed systems