Experience with distributed systems and API design
Knowledge of AWS and containerized infrastructure
Responsibilities
Own and enhance backend infrastructure across various services
Design APIs focusing on fault tolerance and data integrity
Build mechanisms for secure financial data processing
Ensure system stability and scalability under load
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive technical excellence
Benefits
Competitive salary and equity grants
Fully paid health, vision, and dental insurance
401k retirement plan
Monthly wellness allowance for fitness and mental health
Unlimited paid time off
Visa sponsorship and immigration support
Daily in-office meals
Office locations in San Francisco/New York with public transit access
Full Job Description
What you will do:
Backend Engineering: You will be working with a small team of experienced engineers across all areas related to the backend powering Frec. You will own large pieces of the infrastructure - all aspects of it ranging from proposing changes to existing services, building new ones, improving how we deploy, and ensuring the systems we build are stable, durable, and can scale smoothly as we grow. You take pride in designing services that not only work well in development but remain healthy, observable, and easy to operate in production.
Distributed Systems & Data Processing: You'll tackle complex backend challenges around data consistency, transactional integrity, and high availability. This includes designing APIs and services that are fault-tolerant, building mechanisms for secure and reliable financial data handling, and ensuring the platform scales gracefully under increasing load.
Infrastructure & Operations Mindset: You will help shape how we build, deploy, and monitor our services. You care deeply about stability and maintainability, ensuring every line of code contributes to a platform that's resilient in the face of failures and straightforward to operate.
Collaboration: You'll partner closely with other backend engineers, as well as product, design, and operations teams, to ensure we build a platform that is technically strong, operationally sound, and enables high-quality product experiences.
What we offer:
Competitive salary and equity grants
Fully paid health, vision and dental insurances
401k
Monthly allowance to help with maintaining a healthy body and mind (fitness & mental health components)
Flexible (Unlimited) paid time off
Visa sponsorship & immigration support
Daily in-office lunch and dinner
Office in San Francisco/New York for in-person collaboration (close to public transit options)
Tech stack:
TypeScript/Node, Python as the main components of the backend
PostgreSQL as our data store, with Redis for caching and distributed coordination
Distributed worker systems powering asynchronous and high-throughput tasks
Deployed on AWS using containerized infrastructure
