Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Clerkie, a fintech startup democratizing financial wellness through AI, as a Backend Engineer. You will design, implement, and maintain core infrastructure, provide backend expertise for feature development and platform improvement, expand our metrics and alerts system, and collaborate with teams for a seamless user experience. Clerkie is a remote-first company with a customer-first culture. The ideal candidate possesses strong technical skills, excellent communication, and a proactive approach to problem-solving. The role offers a competitive salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits. Clerkie's hiring process involves a multi-step interview process designed for a two-way assessment.

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)
• Passion for our mission
• Proactive team player who can work with others towards a common goal
• Extreme focus on the user with a healthy obsession for solving their needs
• Committed to being a part of something bigger than yourself
• Excitement for being a part of a small team where you will be expected to solve new challenges and learn new things everyday

Benefits

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