Backend Software Engineer

Summary

Join Branch, a global technology company revolutionizing financial access, as a backend engineer. You will collaborate with a global team to build and enhance products like Credit and Wallet, integrate with third-party systems, scale backend services, and develop tools for operations teams. This remote role requires 4+ years of backend software development experience and excellent communication skills. Branch offers competitive salary and equity, comprehensive benefits including health and life insurance, generous paid leave, parental leave, and professional development opportunities. The role is remote-first, with flexible hours and a collaborative culture. Branch is committed to a work-life balance and provides a supportive environment for its employees.

Requirements

• You have strong experience (4+ years) in building backend software for web-based or mobile products
• You are an excellent collaborator and communicator. You listen to others and seek to understand, but aren’t afraid to speak your mind and debate respectfully when you disagree
• You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company with teammates from all over the world

Responsibilities

• Build out backend functionality for existing and new product lines such as Credit, Wallet, Bill Pay, and others
• Integrate with various third-party systems, including payment systems, identity providers, and messaging platforms
• Scale our backend services and pipelines to ever-growing levels of traffic and complexity
• Help build flexible and easy-to-use tools used by our operations teams to handle customer inquiries and other business processes

Preferred Qualifications

• You have a solid foundation in computer science fundamentals, distributed systems, data storage, and agile development methodologies
• You are pragmatic and combine a strong understanding of technology and product needs to find the best solution for a problem
• You are highly entrepreneurial and thrive in taking ownership of your own impact. You proactively identify problems and propose solutions

Benefits

• Work in a mission-driven, global, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally
• Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard
• Work-life balance is not a myth, we offer a generous paid leave policy comprising 28 days annual leave, 30 days sick leave, and bereavement leave
• Fully paid parental leave - 6 months maternity and 3 months paternity leave
• Pension Benefit
• A one-time home office set-up budget
• We believe learning should never stop, and so we provide a $500 stipend annually towards learning and development, irrespective of role, title or tenure
• Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance
• Team meals and social events (Hybrid for now)
• Flexible working hours
• Opportunity to work and interact with a global team