Backend Engineer – Independent Contractor

About the role

We are looking for a Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale the core infrastructure that powers our fintech platform. You will work closely with the CTO and the engineering team to deliver reliable, secure, and compliant services to thousands of users across multiple jurisdictions.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, and own critical backend subsystems, including service architecture, reliability, CI/CD pipelines, and integration with compliance and banking services.
• Identify and remediate weak points in the codebase and infrastructure to improve system health.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and operations teams to ship new features for multiple markets.
• Contribute to engineering best practices, code quality standards, and process improvements as the organization scales.

Required profile

• Strong engineering fundamentals with a focus on clean architecture and layered abstractions.
• Broad knowledge of backend architecture, databases, site reliability, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD.
• Security‑mindset capable of designing systems that meet high compliance requirements.
• Business‑oriented decision making, balancing speed and quality.

Required skills