Backend Engineer, Core APIs

Summary

Fingerprint empowers enterprises to detect and stop online fraud through device intelligence and fraud detection technologies. The company is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to build and scale high-performance backend systems and APIs for real-time fraud detection, while collaborating cross-functionally and mentoring junior developers.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize backend systems for real-time data processing and web services
• Work with cross-functional teams to integrate backend components with other services, ensuring performance and scalability
• Conduct deep dives into problematic features, researching and analyzing their behavior to understand root causes and identify potential solutions. Develop hypotheses, run experiments, analyze results, and translate findings into actionable engineering improvements
• Conduct performance tuning, debugging, and testing of backend systems to ensure reliability and efficiency. Foster a data-driven culture by sharing engineering best practices and collaborating on cross-functional projects
• This role includes participation in a shared on-call rotation. The schedule will be communicated in advance, and we strive to balance coverage equitably while minimizing off-hours disruptions
• Mentor junior developers, helping all team members grow in our mission, values and abilities

Skills

• 2+ years of experience in backend development
• Strong, demonstrated experience in GoLang and/or Node.js with a willingness to learn
• Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems
• Experience with building and optimizing APIs, real-time data processing systems, and microservices architectures
• Strong knowledge of SQL and experience with databases like DynamoDB, Redis, or Elasticsearch
• Proficiency with general software engineering tools: Git, IDEs, shell scripting, CI/CD
• Proficient in English for clear communication in a global, remote team
• Ability to work independently on tasks while effectively collaborating as a team member
• Fingerprint teammates need to be authorized to work from their home location
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
• Backend development: Golang and NodeJS (Preferred), TypeScript, Express or equivalent
• Data analytics/processing: ClickHouse, dbt
• Practical experience with analytical storage systems like ClickHouse, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or Databricks
• Experience with observability tools like Datadog or other monitoring and logging platforms
• Understanding of modern containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with working with large open-source projects to address the needs of a wide variety of stakeholders as well as to demonstrate the ability to work and communicate asynchronously across a world-wide team
• Demonstrated experience with both Node.js and Go in a backend context
• Excellent understanding of Internet security & privacy mechanisms

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2+ years of experience in backend development
• Strong, demonstrated experience in GoLang and/or Node.js with a willingness to learn
• Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems
• Experience with building and optimizing APIs, real-time data processing systems, and microservices architectures
• Strong knowledge of SQL and experience with databases like DynamoDB, Redis, or Elasticsearch
• Proficiency with general software engineering tools: Git, IDEs, shell scripting, CI/CD
• Proficient in English for clear communication in a global, remote team
• Ability to work independently on tasks while effectively collaborating as a team member
• Fingerprint teammates need to be authorized to work from their home location

Nice to Haves

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
• Backend development: Golang and NodeJS (Preferred), TypeScript, Express or equivalent
• Data analytics/processing: ClickHouse, dbt
• Practical experience with analytical storage systems like ClickHouse, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or Databricks
• Experience with observability tools like Datadog or other monitoring and logging platforms
• Understanding of modern containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with working with large open-source projects to address the needs of a wide variety of stakeholders as well as to demonstrate the ability to work and communicate asynchronously across a world-wide team
• Demonstrated experience with both Node.js and Go in a backend context
• Excellent understanding of Internet security & privacy mechanisms

Benefits

• Fingerprint is a globally dispersed, 100% remote company.