Principal Backend Engineer (Remote - Fintech/Payments)

Manpower

  • Vietnam
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 23 days ago
We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing engineering team. You'll play a key role in designing and building robust, scalable backend systems from the ground up. This is a high-impact, hands-on position that involves working on critical infrastructure and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams across the organization.Responsibilities:
  • Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs in a distributed, cloud-native environment
  • Develop scalable and secure systems with high availability and performance
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define and deliver high-quality solutions
  • Integrate with third-party services and APIs as needed
  • Contribute to system architecture and technical decision-making
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
  • Review code and provide technical mentorship to other engineers
  • Continuously improve engineering standards, tools, and processes
Requirements:
  • 10+ years of backend development experience in complex, high-scale systems
  • Strong experience with system design, distributed architecture, and API development
  • Proficiency in modern backend programming language (e.g., Go, Java, Python, etc.)
  • Experience working in cloud environments (preferably AWS or similar platforms)
  • Proven track record of building and maintaining secure, production-grade backend systems
  • Experience with integrating external services or third-party APIs
  • Familiarity with best practices around security, performance, and observability
  • Strong problem-solving skills, product ideation skills, and ability to work in fast-paced, collaborative environments
  • Prior experience working on greenfield projects or within early-stage teams is a plus
  • Ability to mentor junior engineers and contribute to team-wide improvements
Nice to Have:
  • Exposure to regulated environments or domains such as finance, payment, or banking (payments).
  • Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and DevOps practices

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