Lead Software Engineer

Summary

Join Truv, a company transforming the financial data industry with a secure and real-time API platform. You will drive architecture decisions for backend systems, design and develop robust RESTful APIs, and introduce engineering best practices. Responsibilities include taking ownership of projects, building secure authentication systems, and maintaining high-performance backend systems. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience building production-grade REST APIs using Django REST Framework in financial or sensitive data environments. Truv offers a fully remote position with a competitive salary and equity package, flexible time off, and the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology.

Requirements

• 5+ years building production-grade REST APIs using Django REST Framework with demonstrated experience in financial or sensitive data environments
• Proven experience designing backend architecture for scalable, secure, and high-availability applications
• Strong understanding of API security patterns, rate limiting, authentication middleware, and data encryption for PII/financial information
• Experience mentoring other engineers, driving code quality initiatives, and leading technical discussions
• Experience with PostgreSQL optimization, task queues, and caching for high-performance API responses
• Proficient in managing API lifecycle: versioning, deprecations, and smooth transitions for clients
• Passionate about clean code, automated testing, and maintainable systems

Responsibilities

• Driving architecture decisions for backend systems with a focus on scalability, performance, and security
• Designing and developing robust RESTful APIs for services such as employment and income verification, direct deposit switching, and financial data processing
• Introducing and advocating for engineering best practices (e.g., testing strategy, documentation standards, observability, CI/CD)
• Taking ownership of projects from ideation to delivery, working cross-functionally with Product and DevOps teams
• Building secure authentication systems, including JWT, OAuth, and API key management
• Maintaining high-performance backend systems with Celery, PostgreSQL, Redis, Clickhouse, k8s, and other tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with financial data APIs (employment verification, income verification, bank account linking)
• Background in Django, DRF, Celery, and PostgreSQL development
• Understanding of compliance requirements (SOX, data privacy) in API design
• Exposure to modern infrastructure and tooling: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring (New Relic, Sentry), and static analysis tools (mypy, linters, feature flags)

Benefits

• Fully remote
• Competitive salary and equity package
• Flexible time off
• Work with cutting-edge technology and innovative customers
• Opportunity to shape the future of financial data access