Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Clerkie, a fintech startup democratizing financial wellness through AI, as a Backend Engineer. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining core backend infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability. This role requires strong software development experience, proficiency in object-oriented programming, and excellent communication skills. Clerkie offers a remote-first work environment, competitive salary, and comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plan, paid time off, and an annual company retreat. The ideal candidate is a self-starter, proactive team player, and passionate about solving user needs. Clerkie is committed to building a strong team culture and offers opportunities for growth and development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science (CS) or a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
• 2+ years of software development experience
• Standalone self-starter able to manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables
• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills
• Good command of object-oriented programming best practices
• Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining core infrastructure
• Provide backend expertise to facilitate feature development and improve core platform reliability, performance, and scalability
• Expand our ecosystem of metrics and alerts to improve the user experience
• Work with other members/teams at Clerkie to provide a comprehensive, easy, and reliable user experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in server-side development
• Experience building server-side applications in Node.js
• Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB)
• AWS and DevOps experience (e.g., using EC2 / S3 / ELB / etc.)
• Experience in FinTech or other data heavy applications (not required)

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k & retirement benefits
• Paid time off and holidays
• Annual company retreat