Senior Backend Engineer

• A Backend Engineer with experience in Fintech or marketplaces who will be at the forefront of our mission to bring better finance solutions to millions of businesses in the United States
• We need high-achieving and goal-oriented individual who will help Nitra to deliver on an ambitious roadmap of innovative banking and SaaS products
• Independently communicate with Customer Support to investigate and resolve customer-reported issues
• Design database schemas and APIs for small-to-medium scoped features
• Implement features following internal engineering principles and guidelines
• Provide estimates for their own work and communicate progress and risks proactively to the team

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance options
• Equality - everyone at Nitra is an owner, when the company wins, you win
• Flexible vacation policy
• Retirement benefits (401K match)

• Express.js framework (2+ years)
• The desire to be mentored by a unicorn founding CTO and engineers with experience at top notch companies like Facebook
• Databases (PostGreSQL) (2+ years)
• A collaborative spirit and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, Highly collaborative and transparent in your work, output, and decision making
• The ability to see challenges as opportunities to level up. High-achieving and goal-oriented. A self-starter, you are always able to understand the bigger picture, and take a leading role to impact it
• Node.js (5+ years)
• Fintech web applications (1+ years)
• Deep experience with and understanding of:
• JavaScript (5+ years)
• Architecture (2+ years)
• A winning mindset and entrepreneurial spirit
• Expert time management and organizational skills
• APIs (5+ years)/Building fintech backend APIs (1+ years)
• Passion for creative thinking and bold ideas for growing the business/enhancing customer experience. Always curious, ready to ask questions, and open to being questioned