**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer based in the United States.** This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned backend engineer to build and scale secure, high-performance systems that power identity verification and account protection solutions. You will take ownership of critical backend services, APIs, databases, and authentication workflows while helping shape the technical architecture of a fast-growing platform. Working within a collaborative, remote-first engineering team, you'll partner closely with product and design to deliver reliable, customer-focused features. The role offers significant ownership, the opportunity to solve complex security and reliability challenges, and the chance to influence both technical strategy and engineering best practices. ### Accountabilities - Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs that support identity verification, authentication, account recovery, and security workflows. - Own database architecture, schema design, migrations, query optimization, and data integrity to ensure reliable and efficient system performance. - Build secure authentication, authorization, and data protection mechanisms while maintaining high standards for system reliability and correctness. - Contribute to architectural decisions, technical roadmaps, and backend engineering best practices that support long-term platform scalability. - Partner with product and design teams to deliver intuitive, secure, and high-quality customer-facing features and internal tools. - Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve complex production issues while continuously improving performance, observability, deployment processes, and system resilience. - Participate in code reviews, mentor fellow engineers, and promote engineering excellence through collaboration and knowledge sharing. - Support cross-functional initiatives by contributing across the technology stack when needed and integrating backend systems with external services and applications. ## **Requirements** - 5+ years of professional experience designing, building, and operating production backend systems. - Strong proficiency in one or more backend programming languages such as **Node.js, Go, Python, Java**, or similar technologies. - Proven experience designing scalable APIs and backend services for customer-facing or high-scale enterprise applications. - Strong expertise with relational databases, particularly **PostgreSQL**, including schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning. - Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, preferably **AWS**, and modern backend infrastructure. - Solid understanding of authentication, authorization, identity management, security principles, fraud prevention, or related domains. - Familiarity with modern frontend technologies such as **React**, **Vue**, or similar frameworks is a plus. - Excellent communication, problem-solving, collaboration, and technical decision-making skills, with the ability to thrive in a remote, high-ownership engineering environment. - Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship. ## **Benefits** - Competitive base salary ranging from **$120,000 to $190,000**, based on experience, skills, and qualifications. - Meaningful equity participation. - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance. - Flexible paid time off. - Flexible work schedule within a remote-first environment. - Quarterly in-person team offsites to strengthen collaboration. - Company-provided computer hardware and necessary work equipment. - Opportunity to work on cutting-edge identity security technology with a highly collaborative engineering team. **How Jobgether works:** We use an **AI-powered matching process** to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team. We appreciate your interest and wish you the best! [Why Apply Through Jobgether?](https://jobgether.com/how-jobgether-works) **Data Privacy Notice:** By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR). You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time. #LI-CL1