SR Backend Engineer

1 month, 3 weeks ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Sphere Labs

Sphere Labs

Sphere Labs is a digital payments platform that enhances cross-border transactions, making them fast, secure, and reliable. The company aims to empower businesses and individuals, particularly in underserved and emerging markets, by facilitating global commerce and promoting economic growth. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of services for modern money movement, supporting multiple currencies for seamless transfers. Users can access an end-to-end payments suite through a single API or a no-code console, which includes compliance, accounting, payments, analytics, and developer tools. Key features include a developer toolkit with user-friendly SDKs, comprehensive analytics, and robust security measures. Sphere Labs also provides competitive financial benefits, such as low fees, instant settlements, and non-custodial peer-to-peer payments. Backed by experienced investors and founders from the fintech and blockchain sectors, Sphere Labs is dedicated to delivering scalable and adaptable payment solutions that meet the evolving needs of the digital economy.

financial services
51-200
Founded 2022
$3M raised

Description

  • Work on long-lived core systems that support customers, accounts, and the company’s expanding product scope.
  • Propose, document, develop, maintain, upgrade, and reevaluate major systems over time.
  • Partner with the sales team to understand customer pain points and desired products.
  • Create product readiness documents and other feature documentation to define and investigate work requirements.
  • Integrate third-party services such as KYC/AML, foreign exchange, and banking aggregator APIs.
  • Communicate with external vendors during integration work and represent the engineering team.
  • Expose core Sphere Pay functionalities, including web3/crypto and banking, through the API.
  • Investigate and resolve bugs and high-priority product issues to reduce service interruptions.
  • Write scalable, stable, and traceable code for customer-facing systems.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, product guides, and vendor integration notes.
  • Maintain a persistent test environment and sandbox that mirrors production closely.
  • Build and maintain unit and integration tests for code you ship.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience as a software engineer.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is a plus, or an extensive history of independent code development.
  • Experience taking products to production and supporting maintenance, scaling, and upgrades over time.
  • Experience in payments, crypto/web3, or fintech is a plus but not required.
  • Proficiency in common web technologies and either proficiency with or willingness to learn TypeScript, GCS, and PostgreSQL.
  • Strong problem-solving skills in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work remotely full time.
  • Experience working with long-lived systems and production support is beneficial.
  • Ability to collaborate across domains and with vendors is beneficial.

Benefits

  • Full-time remote work.
  • Opportunity to work on core systems that directly impact user onboarding, account opening, and transactions.
  • Role with broad ownership and significant impact on the company’s product reputation.
  • Inclusive and diverse work environment.

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