Senior Backend

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯

This role is for one of our client companies — a VC-backed FinTech (Education Payments startup.

𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆: Up to 40LPA

Apply once and, if selected, get access to up to 20 remote and onsite interview opportunities.

🚀 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴

CodeRound AI matches the top 5% tech talent with the fastest-growing, VC-funded AI startups across Silicon Valley and India.

Top-tier product startups across the US, UK, EU, UAE, and India have hired top engineers through CodeRound.

🚀 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 (3+ 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲)

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with strong Python and distributed systems expertise to build and scale core financial technology products. If you have a background in fintech and thrive in taking end-to-end ownership of high-performance systems, we want to hear from you.

🧩 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗗𝗼

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance backend services.
• Build and optimise APIs supporting financial products, payment workflows, lending, and credit operations.
• Ensure data integrity, transaction consistency, idempotency, and reliability across financial systems.
• Design efficient database schemas, optimise queries, and improve application performance.
• Build asynchronous processing pipelines and event-driven services using messaging systems and queues.
• Contribute to system architecture, technical design discussions, code reviews, and engineering standards.
• Monitor production systems, troubleshoot complex issues, and improve observability and fault tolerance.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, infrastructure, and business teams to deliver robust financial solutions.✅ 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝘁 𝗜𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂
• 3–5 years of hands-on backend engineering experience, preferably in fintech or financial services.
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience writing production-grade backend code.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend services and APIs.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, system design, data modelling, and database optimisation.
• Experience working with financial workflows, payments, lending, banking, or transaction-heavy systems.
• Understanding of transaction integrity, data consistency, fault tolerance, and system reliability.✨ 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝘀?
• Build and own the core engine of our global payments platform.
• Scale a high-growth fintech product from the very ground up.
• Work alongside a high-caliber team obsessed with engineering excellence.
• Accelerate your career with rapid growth and immense technical ownership.